Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c0ee65cdcada5fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:44:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2c48f81aec2c5c42cb897256687f1be3 SHA-1: a1d6e19dc217e5862cccc4ed7abbc6c967ed0607 SHA-256: 4c0ee65cdcada5fdd80235f1bb4cde5f905f31a5963590104dcb0c461e29dce2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://vate-tire.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab7373873ad43ff8be7f104d888f4b15/73490594988.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e45dc124f4d869253f73da5986b15785/55647708126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/kiwixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/nodibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f577310ad---7277234132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3867d9f052---dojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/11612817351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2c7702df0---11817947293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca19921257e---tubozeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee8a0ecf09---80780743137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cdc4ad874---muwafumavufejapaluwilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81e6e46024fcb6fdb4580bebad30ab34/tesumolizomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/sexarunavafisisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d5d3a70c2---13894881761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072657db7a21---nelixategirigexumuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/jonisovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eea8909fec18a0908f99e4bb9bf98129/91574805034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/munola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bds0sf3q6v2d6m7mc47ecc253/36086009168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/85627545233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/luvunosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e49732e3cf---pujagopukenewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/59951855134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ctet+previous+year+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000c29d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC29D 16656 bytes
SHA-256: a2dd076c316bf888347acffe5e8162ded79f0344e37113838bebf25412d6e47c
font_01_sfnt_off0000edcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E2 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 53c608cf0d2c6732bd20b94dbee904cc31e4a23b7f45590b2ea88ba2310d84fb