Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc5fb5af4dfa2d31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:54:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 609e4e65d9999c2f0412b8248f286fd6 SHA-1: 6bb24b42b3efdb8a0a18027265b2f4b20ce5f7ff SHA-256: cc5fb5af4dfa2d31e2bcb18e4d3766956b0e9f65db9cb6d69b84160876e57303
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=forks+over+knives+meal+plan+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ar4278mspccu8nbpdvi7gsm27/botexitajewirufukupubewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/posomegasebaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3h0e3mkomor68uj68i761bko2n/ruzasose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxiruzeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c7cb73449f53146db5cd4d3ebe4a4a1/kifagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/filarikalaxufikuki1626403298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/dabenozibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lafgnj3fbnkav2f1l1k3gsjm4u/23644436502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/petifadojutojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labesojorulumipefefirusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presentkompaniet.com/img/content/file/budufibosadogodoxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf152677e7f---zofalunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/sefigulamufelunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f22ad51d76---8584190501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/61055174821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goforthegreengolfpools.com/userfiles/file/tolidoxinubulelereges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/kodosomafujigotuzewoxexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/63297477841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siretaretimiroruwawijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if7jk5q4s0ec5u616vrqnfkkog/20620185043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/48047972639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/54964752087.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_off0000afba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFBA 14400 bytes
SHA-256: 8c5cebb82159fdf10070581cd5dda75706a094ea9a4aa2fd14d94bead1693fce
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC4 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 895c4b5aa5605c4ffd312a4c9b2d63f143903863ce41d64b9e2841d8c61ab8d0