Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc8da3c7230c3ad4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 07:28:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1972ed88f1b0aa9ec8f8d6739c974761 SHA-1: 91d212ae2e6b2439b830f733f7e11e02d19f3101 SHA-256: cc8da3c7230c3ad41b40926904ee19a305462927de50a92cd5f3aa37cb63be9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af6c1d2c9418817cf9ab4032e27ec79b/91108013490.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce74c7926986f93a320837e8dc67fcf/57834267261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyuriasproperties.com/userfiles/files/wumagasusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/16085135907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/53485347195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag07khpk3657f35frnvp1bi54h/vaximidumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dothanhigh1970.com/clients/6/63/63ba8bdc6fdca46b25bb56d5732eafc9/File/68289833238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tarosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210715235958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/44082816020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59a03f8e71b858a9efe921b7c9de0324/buriwavotiwobizidupuzumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74b870bdebd24167651c99a14f8a0374/vijumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koparieshorvathbusz.hu/files/file/jegidubufogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d5a68a20a---74859266678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/dijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/47710603375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/78530384554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/xoliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/95047699027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dqh4i5kd8iph144v2q4h7u1uq/luvujurozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/gugemexozirupezepirufek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dusoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/40204023196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e1981228f---nixabugorako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=coreldraw+x8+free+download+full+version+with+crack+for+windows+10+64+bitPDF 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_off000109a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A9 11816 bytes
SHA-256: 5525cb1bf37457b8eba32c561de41b8de13cfd868b531520e4d3cd5292b5f4d8
font_01_sfnt_off0001260f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1260F 18904 bytes
SHA-256: a16743b531d1bb1f5eef56de41a089062f2f174e7cf24f59f1b533145a92d47e
font_02_sfnt_off00015707.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15707 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1