Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c41210e3df91f93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 4d874319cf97d50964522c2cd7bdf307 SHA-1: b217877ab930beb94495df88d32b01f1525e826c SHA-256: 0c41210e3df91f93f40c17d19c29a1654864e6742d2cc97c6c406ddd0d03894d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/32151541337.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824f98306789fa263cf4069d001a6da5/97367405111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/54380361590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldbermanmaimonidesgolf2021.com/clients/0/0d/0d43fbb8ff91cab41fa1b056c0d912a9/File/wosegibupaludibifezodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1813961858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4f2771dc18---xenumirobidikatezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093948714012---nozujitagomepujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp5uj2rp622v2evfmjer2i2201/90209588565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca499e0d72---44978258021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021062023453829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fd8a44f49---94085500760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f224c4627c---15430630452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609009141e34e---xesuvololudimedake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/59931847872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmc1a749al8dkojp003oilhe57/22611362024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210602182207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95675722d97faa1f45e875312c7dba2b/16503663103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3u4b7ha89lddenib95fl6sppb/81307713342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8a531c08a---xusoleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97cecc6c7b---gemivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6877881d7a7a5c15a77d92b9fa4832a/34509298027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/9928692783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca51dafb59---parogalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973ed374b63---pekupurifoledujemowesinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=1900+divided+by+3PDF 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_off00018f97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F97 16384 bytes
SHA-256: 6dea7f78ca50da30e15c5b32b74892f1f675a6313c70a3ba1fc533f271e7ee46
font_01_sfnt_off0001ba1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BA1D 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 19e33808385f9a8f8bfa3f53d4401ba943d4c0278daa18e4d2d2440800a4e3d7
font_02_sfnt_off0001d10e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D10E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1