Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc795da261d611b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:46:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c2ed9cb903f01afe26ca46d476421eaf SHA-1: 84d8e890f898b4903dc557adcc8b5e8bfee6a901 SHA-256: cc795da261d611b1772a08c6522a88e0e60cabc80b8e49914e1a7d6bb18b4029
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=duterte+fighting+crime PDF link annotation
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/38399808166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/50771725215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/nunivotifitowafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/bagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/zonugoxezojopokezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lircai.com/web/inline/file/fumujagagiriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngonluathan.vn/images/ckeditor/files/jemebetafaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoigolfbinhthuan.com/users/files/61254049160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trisyscom.com/userfiles/file/tavizanudojapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/sipavewazirureriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettocecinacuore.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/wunejuxila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/wopejisesodoxotivixogetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qishuochem.com/siicea/userfiles/file/jefutifezovodukimadugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigasutisele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/38590725822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hide-bo.com/img/tmp/file/jelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/jijediva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613274a4c9bd9---78557439637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c7f98ec916fe820b59383b8be766c4f/fegogagifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ee4600374---jetipefawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/sojurexagogojizuziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakasasi.id/userfiles/file/49895998175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/woluvakugidewawuwaborob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/52985586345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlevel.pl/userfiles/file/joguwizuxijufulunivokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/static/imgUpload/files/66809295618.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_off0000cf71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE783 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 276851d3686e9107cba9550a72b42f2cb236e0eff647412aa05ae88f1b0c9362
font_02_sfnt_off000111f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F4 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 30c22d5e5aa260624bce748dfe2452315b830d1027de4d36e31c31a2bd6a2f17