Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc7ff444078644ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-02 14:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8402b74509d38d64d77e64eb9f9771ec SHA-1: 3ee568d3f0948859c68f1f30735cf51449d79796 SHA-256: cc7ff444078644aee79ccc1298fc121fa083890287f2ae0709f804e86813a810
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is designed to trick users into taking action, likely by clicking on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://hyundai-baoloc.com/luutru/files/45893254571.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20959368607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac2ec23efe10954b6400d4c969be633/kibunoxulawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/bosasudaxefukala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/30646032026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1imh6vpc69qruu7p4ce01jksb4/13802364425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/xazava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/nonanilorikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/62709214781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/gawojugoledadumumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/dowafavedobodepiwufubifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cf4af0c22---95042271242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf1336c35c---50248977558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/zugidusoviletopujavojola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tj-1970-50yr.com/clients/e/e8/e8fccb6fb94f20b6ca4375945b3939e1/File/45152564966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/76425530572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles//file/54479906119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f50ad344f7---12570146303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2a7302c4e---xofibadotaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/jimujodexonerezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946d2601cf9---bopenevanemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/fudexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pro+forma+balance+sheetPDF 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_off0000e3b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC9 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 69bb93287787389e7331d80972de1a98094689511680e5b4e03c34f2d40f357f
font_02_sfnt_off000128df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128DF 10872 bytes
SHA-256: fc5f68690391f3ba6c172b34df3dcc942384c1cbad59839f4716f48872d8af15