Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcc0a40ffdd2b341…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 10:58:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 36ebf27fc62b1a7245bffc34040011bc SHA-1: 5b5730b64648c9ba497c6b6f94390345ec34ff9b SHA-256: dcc0a40ffdd2b341705d1ca5eb054a1776db25230dc1f3c49b12881cf05ae519
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+be+a+good+driver
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/267b3bb0a738f3e85c80061d934f52ce/73221983759.pdf
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a149de581---timotemapigirijafikoguka.pdf
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9fe025d0ae---rafekabol.pdf
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/53916072696.pdf
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/baxupojukatowipepurome.pdf
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0029b78d49adff5bba8481651ea673c4/gisurinodibegelukagij.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d06539b21ec4fecfd8324c41bb97652/lutukiwanufemugofepim.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08c178f9f8---zinodusujowodezajul.pdf
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17fb2065b91368c8665b5509dbf1e9f9/50830640810.pdf
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/resixeb.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad5e7d0ddf---95541146885.pdf
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e60a5a7e937---95802446369.pdf
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/48195004337.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c390a534f2---3035395635.pdf
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/vejolesaxakoxujuduzobex.pdf
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7713b031be---wexape.pdf
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73887206949.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778a2fc8d2a---2820927707.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd224da6a2---63485243453.pdf
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/towawusukivobit.pdf
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/75936959036.pdf
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/14760062688.pdf
    • https://standardpromotion.com/images/upload/userfiles/files/gupevipiverokubofage.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_off00011187.bin
f8236daf4023a418b71793c636d4740653bd182a722281fba2ad674ed5a309bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11187 10388 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000128fb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128FB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001410d.bin
6bb8f7425ed24db9fc89b06cc0c8d6a35d8af436a86d9949a5660de36845d620
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1410D 17148 bytes