Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc7798b68b4ccadd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:06:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c9ebf4a8f553e7998d0ee41f8fb16a2d SHA-1: b2b1c24d548fda53d2e6f46836bce92f6279ee9c SHA-256: cc7798b68b4ccaddfc7c70c8b7cf141c6b5aac99f6228e29f11165f54f5f0562
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+computer+technology+books+urdu+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64276120844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/58009110364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d291ee8477---fatexadavebitumusuvolavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvao8cmtneecaocn02rqeenlkj/64937030431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikico.net/img-tym/files/78267319677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985e9d4c061---reziviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92546631818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/jowonenalitozadutikep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbf5c86cf6---84842448440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202108161421431531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a69868841dd71493dd5613fb3f76fb82/madorakazexulupupuxolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/sozobatulixabarotid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5bbe3015c8---58451863178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/82314885143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/59199476754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/gugamigukovegexudarovowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd02bd88a68---69422455978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1o6lue4vd01h1gibpnrcb37il/dejuwotutuxuxukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/007b05f38ef8b37f00246e2c8b039b97/98749224891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/woxubokidorebogowupukidis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/wurarufokiwimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/85136280364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbr2tovkjlala3b99cvd0uac65/rukotavadamararuna.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6F 16448 bytes
SHA-256: a356c7560ce639b318516d503e0affc336812fd3ae64f4baf73a6345d30efbdc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f52b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52B 11324 bytes
SHA-256: e131ba189d4719529d0541757a6590cd11ec36cbaae100bfa9e158cf7533b283
font_02_sfnt_off00010f4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001275e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1275E 21560 bytes
SHA-256: 7ac977e77149f4111a531810030c6e08726116d25f3d4ede33395307de1cfcc5