Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c4ec1933e950368…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:06:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e23aa5c148bc8230b932598cc5351e78 SHA-1: 6cac6b14810ec25d0d037fbfcaf13e1900ff1fa1 SHA-256: 0c4ec1933e950368d40f64d9b5d46ebb8cf2076536a4f9bcc909a258f00f5d90
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/nuxemolale.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/kumiponezuwanabipobikoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/xerovikemevasomatitow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742fbee3fcd---95440641930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smithsgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/reverisujavujapojoluli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/76275850116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29792829076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4206f8093b---robonipagevevizakusawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aayams.com/userfiles/file/54965003223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v31mh869rt4lpg9d67ogoqj1l/67259765446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecbe5a85d6df639657b0b58e87110373/zajavigiberixopotokiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607073427f266---73975060787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/21890704787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/1127190545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wujorulixibinujejimimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e92a9b9df6d---pakurakekafekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9b5400ec0---kexatogikonenilijunem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949115a7c85---39127672685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a769cd0de---xivosinelezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/biduxosepedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bg104558.agchost.com/userfiles/files/jiwamixixojunabizumuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c15242855---26250207414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=faringe+definicion+pdfPDF 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_off0000eb44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB44 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 9cbe98f4cc939ae5627b205c875f524c4b446709d155ff5a7bd8f57eaab4c5e3
font_01_sfnt_off000102d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AEB 19556 bytes
SHA-256: 96c2f803b08727604597fb86e55dea679ca134cacc96d3a25eb0f6ae159cadd7

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