Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0cf7734aff8002a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-27 20:01:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6f1e63c2a39bdee4db3e51feb84c79a2 SHA-1: e5227f25b6f50d98ab2943121942ec6b7e54dd22 SHA-256: b0cf7734aff8002ac82c0dc355c04d93973785351f538a2855b9bc8a5b95e6e6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical of phishing campaigns, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. It contains numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=subway+princess+run+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8512392032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/xizafujuzize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a0d93cf13---93412102893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ita.kru.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12553298893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/30390082436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmvolontari.it/userfiles/files/gatogemusipulutogavajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/39987166790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elesud.it/img_pagine/file/27258921354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhuadailoan.vn/upload/userfiles/files/sapasuxoburep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e9afeda95e---bananesuxatokapifunediki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternoohydro.com/d/files/37784248593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/zotujewanotoxibigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dibubetotowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/zabunuzukigazitifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/87298981937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gospel-streams.com/asset/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69964647384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/84430675534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/47459223686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milosislandrooms.gr/userfiles/file/38920147776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostrojar.sk/UserFiles/file/1705723418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/lorofokunadenafazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/tesiwopijimoxejukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/689d28ce78a260176514110d69ed1ecc/82338978485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45128460286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90491978864.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_off0000b108.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB108 14400 bytes
SHA-256: 8e9243584f36ac8a6b9fe34104405eb66290bb8860e109e974104a01c5125cd9
font_01_sfnt_off0000d514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD514 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 58d6f8957bd0a400c3d5791c5b96b4d0b74bf13904c9509782503dbcd3114fec
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1