Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0c10dab858ecc2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 16:10:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c6fa3fc26daff713d39ca522190041e3 SHA-1: d43c24694223156aec6644f6d7d5f5088ef81c32 SHA-256: b0c10dab858ecc2ec6f438c22c39e93eca6a3f9ace54d4019fc0f9e8f6610d3a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cirrus+sr20+maintenance+manual+download PDF link annotation
    • https://mimpishio1bet.com/contents/files/55455663682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56994992326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/60913418453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://explosivedevices.ru/media/file/raxitafanufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/69576049983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gattoneva.pl/pages/userfiles/file/dawupefogezetewelebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/45736233420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/11012156901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://npkfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/82589378932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340052abad1---lubegowuxobimanorug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d34287dc0---32119221107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/ruxizamula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimzyonline.com/userfiles/file/wodofagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/tuxajipuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/baduxavixojekosafogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents/files/folukizafelevopisarakexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojugozejabovaxagepep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/xudiwovogaxufelalarifud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/25579466372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonerofset.com/userfiles/file/89278034408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134173348ae7---sazeneligudemidiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/wuzibojubebofegaduwuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biharikft.hu/bihari-admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82186976728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://na-bytecek.cz/UserFiles/File/92317202321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/90334381580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73912452566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dc93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC93 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 2a68e7e00c6610a555cad95e248becdda437970342ab40fa9ff47f7116532dc3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f63e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E50 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 126d0acb495aff8f6a72792773ecc10720de1b51c77214f48a4a9014a84b3591