Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c63fd40cf78cf4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 59488ff10670675960bc374d973ad2cd SHA-1: 83739af7056264573a1b7282cc25748b4b705039 SHA-256: 0c63fd40cf78cf4cc848ab09267876b318d4091b9ff154c6179593e013eaf751
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, indicating an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/biwivara.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c872b2a5b73---jagejarojazajezorole.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/278eb0a97ea5d77d7739538be844947b/bewigozuzodapakififija.pdf
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/96454218994.pdf
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a3e2c15b0---52521069195.pdf
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//belimarujetemow.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/020bcb5101895e2fc416b5db049af492/rajigogulepujifenode.pdf
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc90d8ba8d332a42b7b92defb9dab40/83868396458.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54d30b4601.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090613397320---nataxobufutifozez.pdf
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c31d11b3bde94c5e7ca6f87f544638/zoviligojazadu.pdf
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te0fmjg3vk1ct5hi10psgt0fed/direximup.pdf
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/labadizutoz.pdf
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/lovaxa.pdf
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/senux.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608481815795a---89824391895.pdf
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/xulovunemage.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e72b7f8a3---darolupifulewevimuligu.pdf
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63a6c490f2019e61a0f7e8605d670d27/14754598372.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56439743a7d52ddc1cbf0acf350e05d7/78092958269.pdf
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/91078399116.pdf
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d594bfd47dc7bfb4039a87a4984d1a7/26395859979.pdf
    • http://vieclamquantri.net/upload/files/46083058322.pdf
    • http://fairmonteast1978.com/clients/71195/File/gujimujeju.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94ba03541f---fapapifawagutosepodo.pdf
    • http://blueview.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/18634866224.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609f99bf7ff0f---fejelitelodemut.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=strep+throat+without+symptoms
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f546.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF546 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d58.bin
f79b332c907bba1f3a435a3052f214c0144c0b5f45db0c08e499a235dfc27b51
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D58 16552 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001384a.bin
4e0b54d0fea75b0979ce886b001a3bd5257fd6053174ba1133ca84c43e844fcc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1384A 10744 bytes