Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cccec8bbdb62750a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 15:26:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c24cb23fc48391f5603907acf57f919c SHA-1: 5df7fdee702de74104e2754c23d08eedc2518c14 SHA-256: cccec8bbdb62750a867ee7ae70a10ab981ce136964369b3a324a39ab55070736
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the malicious intent of distributing links to potentially harmful files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://bloodfaces.de/attachment/file/nabesujefala.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d726a8b148---80020579768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrdreamteam.com/files/files/file/InfoProduct/file/13019440920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/levewuvuvimotiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2086da9e207117aca2c504812f4c4730/64457498346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210920194528732127zhahzddl4zu5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/56531651020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fe3172c95---kigovadibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/86956070342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138105072b91---56986011975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/dizejawakadelewerijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343233010b3---88271605559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109180346531177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autokolcsonzoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/doweserojuzukuxodufusof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklenicky-obchod.cz/web/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sufedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzperson.com/uploadfile/files/xukajamubaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uudanbury.life/files/file/14153282467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakibimurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubelikes.com/ci/userfiles/files/4971752871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefujapidokiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/fadevaras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdf7437817---22680683547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/97708275789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vice+city+stories+highly+compressed+ppssppPDF 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_off0000cdce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDCE 19648 bytes
SHA-256: 10b0e82b209ea0f3c064b85566dce2a27206243bb388508a9df6e32160e7a221
font_01_sfnt_off000100b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118CB 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 54ee11ae96af751bd3dd50f0aed30efbf38556bb08de92549dace591e923c5a0