Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccd0db3de3505e9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:14:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 52f269214d9437225bc146de600e90d4 SHA-1: 3bde29a6a5ab7543e867c232fc60ed80ff41cb53 SHA-256: ccd0db3de3505e9f0b9649c751469a99e647c4ec4bd5a68f4946ab4f42958bf6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic for a download button lure further support this, indicating the document is designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.
  • 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://internationalbeautypageants.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/62539759556.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://goldenlinejsc.com/userfiles/file/bedekuruvasavegabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/8495835801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45f391c340fc211fc2a58b3d7a287cdc/zazesewedipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f928827fd83fad126aceb9c057a338c/8532572273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/70134531603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futsalcb.cz/picture/vtextu/file/suzexinudolulusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianowka.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48448490486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d28d814c5---numakeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrhobbscoffee.com/images/uploads/file/3806505266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yz-yongzhong.com/upfiles/editor/files/65326074346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608edc754146d---wojanadoxamogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/jesuzizekob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/jubegomawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dcd3262c24bb6cb1d8080b2cfa2c8bb/nurudutuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/fuwuvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/titig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608244cc70fe1---54155173046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/fexakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbianninh188.com/uploads/files/33400797895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1c8a0a78f---wuzajamofutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/podinunejuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/47685000763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9337370578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e21dd9e112f---13915891796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=gopro+studio+manuale+italiano+pdfPDF 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_off0001060d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060D 22052 bytes
SHA-256: f43d8791ae9cb8920b901cac547d9dc75d1c4f65664b989818d1b4f1fe0e3763
font_01_sfnt_off00013fdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000157f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157F6 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 59e52e42327dcd39429249c336f0ff6ff3ce233397f0663a3b5644015f389124