Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc8ff88d78efbe14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 03:05:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ca73a77bcc34176431d26b128f5ed74b SHA-1: 1849200376a524aa5cc3bcb7da14dfc6c4675e94 SHA-256: cc8ff88d78efbe143018a20df8af0def5df5d2bbb03e1a02a27443f38350dace
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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=java+coding+for+beginners+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/20985654812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqfaiu361u6eo0vb069hs87gjh/52735237087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusokunomowokutekenepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a42577b4d---92838018460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilatesyoga.hr/files/files/xopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/madotozitujikimemakeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezozanuvarizaripoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsilver.kr/files/fckeditor/file/1483838814613882b090af1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyermekhaz.hu/Content/site_images/files/64654480121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98604309132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/36611712714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enkaotomatikkapi.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/zabepemumidejonupeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottomaniantextile.com/userfiles/file/4630587756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376c78b2197---77683641187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/9133780492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1day2night.com/UserFiles/file/71854712266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/voruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/sodezakikupiraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projekt-lesen.de/userfiles/file/95489060502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/4172917092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0048.pl/48files/file/86843056619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htygroup.com/upload/files/deravitosuwulesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210905100824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/18592284094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccjsc.vn/images/uploads/files/dedumapebasilurofan.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_off0000e987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE987 10848 bytes
SHA-256: e1e518dbd37003432b8cba8b6a95414070cb027c8985eb2f2d538fdbbd544d28
font_01_sfnt_off00010244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10244 18580 bytes
SHA-256: bc40de8600c476e913ae82a1359d527ff015a055d2a086d3c4a0b3813b5f5921
font_02_sfnt_off000132bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1