Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc7bcc2a25f862ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:50:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ea0d528e493c7bde9e6c751f9a5cfe6b SHA-1: cbda3d973017d359c4551656457492a5cb5f3431 SHA-256: cc7bcc2a25f862ffa2f1957cd2dfa2827af775bc6e67917168dd79512289661f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://cegled.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/bipudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84929799206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lolusidosebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210703_145008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/84944174324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelesherrinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70077015545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc5e2025db22d7ebb3701e1092af1fd/kobifuwabitegoxarujiseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc6v64eli6l3sinln87ja263s7/45514400199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210713130149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/38513898147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/49546386155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/botadafazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/lawapuzajikowexadugower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/19427697268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b15464e650d8a78d5e24c9afc879458/fixozixarimifixemudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/xejisetibixituxelatire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranugexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/69204846808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9upiispbddjgo6oivtgqfdqc2/14450918093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/vamizuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/vosililitepaxalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ebeeefa7f---lemawoseranokularusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210821_0622C7CBCAFFCE7A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/10230574886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washburnhs64.com/clients/f/f7/f75dc469904bb25755ea64d7551c4a95/File/fubebuwofijemegezimavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/35237975730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=como+utilizar+un+multimetro+analogico+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_off0000e3de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3DE 18972 bytes
SHA-256: fe5c1056a465c7b0746d2d09d07fdf1385126c35ab0db37242bee48304b7ff96
font_01_sfnt_off00011408.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11408 10984 bytes
SHA-256: ce85403902ee3aa3fa375de60900e6234798349ba13959c142f192163ff1e68b
font_02_sfnt_off00012d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1