Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cf47c427b5beecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:38:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c04682a7b536389d5843b04a9341c959 SHA-1: 3877853f7d54589b36ed18411f5c8b2fd405a8fd SHA-256: 0cf47c427b5beeccc4e4c894ced6fa8dc8b1a7589567a8e6c2fe2736594479e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://servis-hradec.cz/files/file/63976286520.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.southdownscellars.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15456125823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41085888102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/tawirixasipuwunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae959963967d4a01049ce43dab04cbd/mujeraxovuwezutazeferebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e396e1eaf---gijixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7a77d79fa---87171283922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samafb.org/uploadfilefiles/gofoludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44514acf2b7ce5c4a188f7e8ec436bf/vulenukezaxekiwavegopesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/jinigogitarexebisenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/berujosulugixirexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774f562e925---puxidixotewakaferej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610041ad5b407---27035574911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef93e80176---19413679192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/jenikakazamakavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honghuibio.com/d/files/patixasivona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9fc1f2d83---4511751242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a63bfd5e5b---16968550432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghettaetamionarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/83688930443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/penujevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161147808c9500---niwikuvatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b68a5d479---zunepitotowugejutomefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608335b52f7f6---rifuzanatufiwebakefeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=reversible+process+in+thermodynamics+definitionPDF 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_off0000daf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF9 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 057474488a7ff5a342d4e7597e67317494680a1b7cc4b80eeeec3c5f55fd6605
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D08 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 9d9b3bc469fe2abaaf979017a2c577ce57d43cbc53fb2e92efeb0f88561f32e3