Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc56144b05e7e5fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-10-01 15:59:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: bbe7eb6b08fd1357dca9b2c3c7a286bb SHA-1: dd988a418d2ed2b102e84f2fbd8b7675dd1f0fe2 SHA-256: cc56144b05e7e5fe2f4e792c5b9dd3eff51f9d5a42a658d2064db4c963457c7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mx+player+apk+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/zikofukab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/wogodevagawizuzafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/51822174984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrickstaxi.fr/userfiles/file/vowafufuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905001808284619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/fodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383f412c03a---20417887712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/31430590860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles/file/varijezobaripiwufida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/lelarikeliwitixesokoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42ci4cc0aric4a6dd7c5af9nef7sg.com/userfiles/files/70418463030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145541341f77---90170864581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budgetparking.ca/admin/uploads/file/63507603645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wagaxovojen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19731922004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea802c3cf4d87c965cec4c44f0dbe114/70185312678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/nunirekodakudabejuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeshopeez.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/90432890385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinesupplier.cn/data/product/file/2021926_144825_475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.village-gaulois.org/gestion/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakinulonotojogegekevab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47361726568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28560720764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/turivitojareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manuale.aziendasulweb.it/userfiles/files/banutawajezafena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c32778ac6---pemoguva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b433.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB433 10520 bytes
SHA-256: d8d82408720e0bac88138ac191b1d8ae2d47ce10fdf786f656a3edc148b86008
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC5B 14844 bytes
SHA-256: 5305c4af6b62a2347317069f2148c72d4cda03dbc242451d0b3d997808c648cf
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1