Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc7f0daadde3388d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-10-13 21:16:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 271edc9c247c54e1bc5130893bd04e81 SHA-1: a0e470389ce1e3593105a31474b8a1b6e16343b7 SHA-256: cc7f0daadde3388de31e4b8cdb902b315f14ed4ca04f73aa06120bd5020645d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=area+of+triangle+when+three+points+are+given PDF link annotation
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/52990072994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/filesenikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142d7cf7c0d8---fifimewexagejebokotedofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/49683926287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tbsva.org/Upload/files/20211002145828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/80424173192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoservice.sk/upload/file/pokofafofolinuxuwuworoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/559e4bdc666a333141f58d0d990e0220/89323929621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenit-npk.ru/files/file/26430669398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilonew.tasksplan.com/userfiles/files/25869930055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakopogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/retoboxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/xifopadepalufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210926002415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ba0539094e41a9599778be685adebfc/91140192333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/64861816137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioesflores.pl/obrazy/file/lijaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximaainfoways.com/WebExams/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/89117691173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utcsp.rustyramone.com/uploads/files/mozogekugof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63769906428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkert.hu/files/file/44157809713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/kuronomudegobixinodoron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunkamalzemecilik.com/userfiles/file/tagadiwipamapilomijome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/50856555704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/11398159057.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_off0000e7ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFFF 21320 bytes
SHA-256: 7892b2e7821d69c755e9b724164c12781e9da34a690371700143e2763f327086
font_02_sfnt_off00013726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13726 10772 bytes
SHA-256: a78a8c08214d7799dec73133e155a49e2ac41ea8beb807ddddb87baa29152933