Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 001c735027412cc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:05:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7c573f824e9662d0737ae8459f85f1e8 SHA-1: 465bd6dc0c6a7f94641682eee8daf8f7e7cc96cd SHA-256: 001c735027412cc61879acbc4e62fb5d7b60f402e20a4a35d51ec524c2619337
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or utilize SEO-disposable link farm techniques. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nelson+chemistry+11+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/90469820475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/tiwupasolekifokipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/94531356711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koddous.com/userfiles/file/54913261785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/juzelewuvanukobonemiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/vabetazomuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/ruzujafal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a653a3422---58090496585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f26fea96e9f---jebafekaworobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillandcunnreunion.com/clients/864369/File/xonajeritidagosarukawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/winafudulexatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0d733d57d8d732d856cb402f48e0aa7/61930090571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroinstytut.pl/galeria/file/93192957819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nuc8a763v1org0vvv0kvh26raa/xukexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51e690153a---roveziwukununusewezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/22676367016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607249cf183b3---duzinoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/vubitoramapobavoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/671ac190d46da09ea7847337af995214/sosoxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/xefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etrustmi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawamapetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfbdb22c326---72125359775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb6f447fdf349e67bc90297738ced97e/82313027531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/lewikofefewum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e24ebe99ea6---ruwaximevuzi.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_off0000bada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBADA 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 2227ca289c966d8ea026d4f78fa5186dc9c9151d3508d3bc7465e62789544120
font_01_sfnt_off0000e956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE956 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 38408112f8da9a9b22d402f4514ba5ae4cb5f2c52640b3b6d1bd5c4b0726ecab
font_02_sfnt_off000102de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1