Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc7258634c287f7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:51:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cb654dec2790dbb15753423cc42351ab SHA-1: 368dfb097075350351259605f59060eab53a9477 SHA-256: cc7258634c287f7c89dde1ffffda7454eb69a1664ab6c791c670a0a722ec3f9c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable domains, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://utpcomp.ru/uploads/files/54629703186.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.doctor-carpet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mcfdrvpcvdoljjh2d7jmi4rj0/55137604138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b58711a867---dimakutesofojevalitikavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ced2e91183a7947d869cbbdefb692a0/34262241648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e348a28c2731f3c8569d13f8c559618/38671261123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/gamosuripivupinipejida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/6332454906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/27372648632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/88051595609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/resozaxagimeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dc9de3b77---jobajoneluvavewuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pl6lp0vjf9e2jkr6kfmm5j8km/4001060136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077193e7280b---93731463895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcd1ea8b78---timuxetexujotugilodiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3431dae270ebf304fa79b871089913b1/65164785374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/49037074238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d669d53fc3---16263311481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/jixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210828151858_6zr6gt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1628209736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/41716178680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073aba94244b---77693659681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/30175370345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=aadhar+card+documents+required+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f02b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF02B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001083d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1083D 18296 bytes
SHA-256: 3d1468208396edb5bce22395c89628a41d8a911c2e1b18fac5824d51689a203d
font_02_sfnt_off0001374a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374A 11064 bytes
SHA-256: d5a22f949a47d4758d785e1ab45cf647b8bbe71bf9e44011458d499a31f21246