Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdcc0774fcef76f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c1cf0e23188a8506a1d061b0e91b1440 SHA-1: 574ba51ff3cf39a67a7422f1593421a3445172b2 SHA-256: cdcc0774fcef76f7452cfc46d3a06eaa072ffcd87e1adbe033581fd998777b21
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a callback lure heuristic suggests a phishing or scam attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=galaxy+note+10+not+charging
    • http://world-spa-resorts.com/dok/bivunusokinomosobalu.pdf
    • https://iphone-odklep.si/vsebina/gemoponuxosifexofulagasu.pdf
    • http://chuabenhxuongkhop24h.com/images/files/vidiv.pdf
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210910130518_dxv6hu.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613194fb68a5e---87848590716.pdf
    • http://caminodesantiagoenmoto.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/41712687082.pdf
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/39263573645.pdf
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613013853bce3---dalokodubupelofopef.pdf
    • https://pestresolution.pt/site/upload/file/23550305527.pdf
    • http://kedehg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafomegame.pdf
    • https://jager-ig.tw/up_photo/file/mofoniretovineboxot.pdf
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/paweteva.pdf
    • http://lemma-studio.pl/userfiles/file/sapobibulibeme.pdf
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/jomaxurozisojilawotibuz.pdf
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83173600440.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5568bfd4c368481a881e7c073ec9934/galuziziwere.pdf
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/ridurako.pdf
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/goforufitilaferebawisabem.pdf
    • http://locke-3c.tw/uploads/files/202109020921286090.pdf
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogimafajutin.pdf
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/52335188129.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aa5b827f46ff628924805ba1d4a9f8b/24155999771.pdf
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/jotagatulopokogoxilobufi.pdf
    • https://idroilektriki.gr/files/file/7533584116.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db11.bin
637ffeae368b5ebb4621a4a6e6aaaead1d0e8f4530a548996c49fdf48ce67063
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB11 17284 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107e9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012000.bin
57eb74c1c963f6b403508fbf3b2c2e43664d599a5a370127f6fba9ef184afb6b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12000 10772 bytes