Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cf9a77e7185baef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 15:28:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9c320a6efe4ca00fc2a42b47a0f6d8c9 SHA-1: dfa671a1e3010b9083bbfc65f0e5d8e865b600aa SHA-256: 0cf9a77e7185baeff8eac9928550113e37fefe6175053c2e62192992e91e213a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of external URI heuristics and the sheer volume of links indicate an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7417

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+new+version+2020+download PDF link annotation
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/zegisomezajekifusumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekejozsef.eu/FCKfeltoltott/file/koxolodibolapemesege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/37832170644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/36001485319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amicissiapiemonteisa.it/userfiles/files/32505829719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/jasuzaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sowula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anais.terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/87017923561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelharmika.com/assets/userfiles/files/23880848359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146cecc7fedc---26958526103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonyprins.nl/images/uploads/file/31386552169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c7e916b7b4---sobuwajifulamob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpnovelty.com/upload/files/sunilitetosugimuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/22851742173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/xukajorenegagerev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolapezzano.it/userfiles/files/kovutivapoxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/844edc8be55524b4f8fd5649fad1681b/41469437737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ddua28mk3fh2hgca3l0vgacpu/66630032175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegym.com/uploads/files/202109021914478378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents/files/gatezufuzikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/rebizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landtop.com/filespath/files/20210909221826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-box100.com/uploads/files/202109181606008444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/regovozevudozoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pleasanton.com/wysiwygfiles/file/91108272635.pdfIn 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_off0000c861.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC861 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE078 10900 bytes
SHA-256: b2fc4509c19f0df9f1e7313cefbdf50e6c79f007d4a095869b8356b053240415
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9BA 15900 bytes
SHA-256: a8763f210ee438a1d0fece52bd18729cd08d317c62915b0bff3816b461c77294