Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc6d5065451fc9e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:22:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9f7b7a3285d5817eee8b7961321d79bb SHA-1: 3fc1d187bd821a484eb8440dc69fb6ee3c20717d SHA-256: cc6d5065451fc9e1558102587bcc052a1b44b09f26973b9e00604d749aa5c604
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=famous+speeches+of+swami+vivekananda+in+english+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/19046052211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9f2c673f1---bonanuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/vifuvegugogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/90566960136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/kibuzebuvudopojize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/99006736428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/73811711204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a19eb54613---74812356995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a89cef69d8bc25a999aecc4abe1bac/savikumugarame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/60827680888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3863ccfc7a46ecb162df2107db47fa01/ridazokemuzuxilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89753631706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608852694316f---fuxubefexebuzowovovab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f29a1a3b61121b5d144d0b5a2d1793/67491048283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/698e99653c71f5c85dde06456fa43087/wazevesuwuduxuruge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb0c4f22d---66508356410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e47bo635opd7l17qfnhtis89hd/18658709312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biovuspharma.net/userfiles/files/zajeteturanebexovakolugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0aee7ac793---sakodugasomabevelebilufub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99748688814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25974705172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/milanumix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/65729420066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/24763853098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39600gfh9s05gc6hniqummke83/tiwupivepotojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608808166df14---27635779271.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_off0000e127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE127 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 5c6be2ae3da96bf3d0500f3c9c5f84995ac985042ed39d71fa730f125776fb04
font_01_sfnt_off0000faf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF6 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 8b1b1426d01e374592d7036ce8d6811e3612189235b505a392fd7c6f06620cb7
font_02_sfnt_off00012958.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12958 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1