Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c2e41ce3676a96e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 01:54:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 976ea5558159043d941fad411e4c88eb SHA-1: cc8c4932210ec29ba32c2b23d0e45b1aef6fefdc SHA-256: 0c2e41ce3676a96e4b445469db5b2b5d8592cf976ee20ab4322225c3b05c2b58
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious activity, potentially leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9aefd6f77---13511311932.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/73882134044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/kitirez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/76535490711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/parak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc11965f87c601a678f089907f50719f/90071228974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/94445518174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/19863615811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/357250133e0429b263d1ff36249e62fe/28079049375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0f02543cb---4774556951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokejegafuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thaiahpa.com/flash/files/pekajopezanoxaluti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084dffce6743---26988284726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/pijujafenojadusajaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/kifasekalegiviruxafove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c119a9714---13049789582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/medugiwugokinokixegewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e8116f960---70710150846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ced7ec945a---67963781801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c490a76f0---nurenulaperovomasixubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cum67hv5pk56gifnc7fmv8ev0j/zawekajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/kevepujipuxujuwukudali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/nebetabekojivitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/xetagovariwofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nqkhmdnrjvvghtha7sb6m34nk/navezufivabiwavumawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabic.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59112279813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=electrician+apprenticeship+interview+questions+answersPDF 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_off0000cb43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB43 16120 bytes
SHA-256: 282f9ca37871d0c6e76f83cbe82b6db1e34fd8cbc941c99cf005c7a454204072
font_01_sfnt_off0000f487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF487 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 0bf22697fa82070666bc3e887bbb434e6f4e414afdefd67772a1120af7751562
font_02_sfnt_off00010d92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1