Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c140f75244a1584…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 06:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e9e279def9ecb7efdd6aefc98791d3ee SHA-1: 3ab7553d1e2f895959d994034d748d1cc73c1fcc SHA-256: 0c140f75244a158489d42509826cb0ef4e1e8a00093d1cfd108a1230bd6645a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to act as a link farm, likely directing users to phishing sites or further malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://china-guolin.com/filespath/files/20210815110649.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607844a002e27---lejepirebaxogowavejosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/98764756582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/favifitajimewuragal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacituran.com/userfiles/file/33963018729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b02bd0e4cd---wubiketivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf7a01f22f9---natojojetina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/27641235933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe01fb9cbc53107b251525362d4f60ac/4138881712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taipeitccia.org/CKEdit/upload/files/dumozifijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://husplaza.hu/editor_up/lutekotaxiwivazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/pazusonabiwafufiwajido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853749554c5---1435235617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95043546153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/sobemivigutubapowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befb191d5ed---67205532119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9665731486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/70712679140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d221e5890---56467922188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb57eeb9bf---49909165565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/nagep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0c1b0422edc60ad892e91df22ffacdf/8088227254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+does+xfinity+charge+per+boxPDF 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_off0000e90f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90F 11552 bytes
SHA-256: f98995c218b9ec981c5c222d333f843131fea460c7599e14b25e468315fda6f1
font_01_sfnt_off000103f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C05 17768 bytes
SHA-256: f2ef4433b9856b016b3eaee8af3d005320f0f2c21a67ea52a159ff8d82b7cac8