Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccc0a5cb1b9b0b05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 19:04:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 62391239eaf0d8e175a5d1c8be731bff SHA-1: 68e231eb34abfc106e4dd43d7ab4286d4571f353 SHA-256: ccc0a5cb1b9b0b0560e0494a0a9b067dcc5cca9e3326503cd371a4a5e2b60127
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or scam-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=this+apk+is+safe+to+download PDF link annotation
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcb39objgkdmbub1l78dq6j71j/56234169587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b4bc5c30a---xitarixifujaxazaboxerojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optical-axis.com/uploads/files/202108182221317421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/816084422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/33906296849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111385fa214d---kerapudubavena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qp27rtjau8svvrg0rt3tdqttf0/dexedimojoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086554a452af---ziwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadharshilaschool.org/userfiles/file/91482503524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa4a30815f---68120476435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13592b270bddf96ddccedc7752cdd3f/sajazabobalezuxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610eba9c5ab96---8770168697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706aaf8b92e---nevetafafofisurerosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/milugepokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff3bae15af---kelenuzanukefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://les-dvorik.ru/userfiles/file/49797320298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/zuzodasasoruwiradevawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56385663307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/82880896905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/xotinagexogujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6407d33a968e4fbf74d03fe1bfe8a5a0/zoxobelufani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/30569043321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b195ac232e---nozopebilupuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-zahnarztpraxis.de/upload/files/purinob.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_off0000e365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE365 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB7C 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 0152b8956865437a027e04ba18b5faab74eb19c6aadf2c4bfb4e4fe8a8441e31
font_02_sfnt_off000113d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113D9 18608 bytes
SHA-256: f278c27d22aa1fb8f6890972d6dab5038c21451581bed35658cf2dccf3f4d54d