Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0c3d889c18a4214…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:05:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 30f89264db550a71d09ff669d63431bb SHA-1: 041c588cd0dfb5008342247f03285bb049e56fa9 SHA-256: a0c3d889c18a4214797515e2fbb248ea6a2605a640c51f59e8239b67e1048bfc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, identified as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j0oftiijacumas0v55fn71k1b/wurotufazu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a155487c204---karekomovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://earthtalismanjewelry.com/clients/b/b2/b27d4d76c51cd35ccef873a204118430/File/luwifoxesovuwuxojeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e826d0f9dc82ed96bd214de95e6a4aff/wetivelemimivinoxogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fa183d0c6---fapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/65051984088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a367f90e9fc---42881709115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonhigh67.com/clients/55910/File/dinikadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609b5fa106710---83374906587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20876e52971393a5b52881643d9d2b98/14562429182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700f9ba8167---52380787985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/15156078964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofitimefuzexovizujoviwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a17540094---dumete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ffa21a8c1b1add26969c0cfde261e5d/86126333389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f31fbe0cd85---9316615493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/26901187335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/70892466520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df54a31eafd46c41c182627733291434/lezagebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4882b3c5f0---bowezuzotutafetuvomunoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d055910875---ziziserob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/gimasivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6b1f0ee29---29908177493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/vixamerawekemagizafojum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleni.cz/userfiles/file/3384571446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98ca1715d0713f5d816038fc885d421c/kigevesuditonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b930c19725---20886225597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=shivji+108+namesPDF 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_off0000cb2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB2A 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 063409247b4e931c8a00eca471551b01e65862379b15f9eb6be2a761bdb71329
font_01_sfnt_off0000e361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE361 15212 bytes
SHA-256: 36930d17d51b2996c3a034317758f0d684ba30be4e1dc5714514eb31c46b0dfe
font_02_sfnt_off00010a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1