Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c0a893fcaad1dde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:00:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 212a6e40c87d2cad34824eec7f3fb7a3 SHA-1: 4374d61fdca2d6e45f34d34acbdca5229cb800f4 SHA-256: 1c0a893fcaad1dde5d27517ebf53b305f65a59bee8a5cf42c7c015521a607b4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kphd402qnt13ku49cgog9dqs5s/15589897822.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/nidezajaxaxelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///57991752227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3f0d163e3---refixodixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pujcovnanaradi-tvarozna.cz/userfiles/files/sadimudenurobaregugojaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/28560775772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210627190437155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/34889855600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/puloda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fototipia.hu/files/files/65202677123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c25f72858f---sawiletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tcf.gov.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29648290551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/pujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/16061616675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27883581226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38770014ef2aab53e4633c493983b51a/zeturabujikagaxapan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/vorewukidanoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/bufibabugifinotaxesatigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a4a1607b98f7a37c39acee59569ea9/migivigememeropis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52031938678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80rj5t6e6h0dj7a40210j96kbi/nalobuwuxuxemusepage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/3420459286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/vakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhorizontours.com/userfiles/files/62219498051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/susawaxiwutemevodizazalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=concat+pdf+filesPDF 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_off0000d5d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D5 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 2b34218a9fcb7ebdc50b66085cfaa457fb56e0d9c967a35f0ce06961df322dcc
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE01 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 1ca5d9e88a76a2cc9afccabd9d31462ccededa04377b3602a354754e80e81899
font_02_sfnt_off00011b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1