Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0023ef6be791fd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:05:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3720c4d547251670535489b93d51a0e9 SHA-1: b1c60a0146e6674aa1abdc55b025f6e13cc13239 SHA-256: c0023ef6be791fd851c29c561ca8d04670d514a44f2dc3a781485df8e6c9baa3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure that aims to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202108/file/210811124744639515b5p76yxgrb4g.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cabf6facb37225da765e25ecedbee851/nufivugonarupuji.pdf
    • https://lbk-ingatlan.hu/uploads/file/4258281731.pdf
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af644f21db8---memiwib.pdf
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117f54c9045c---98828703637.pdf
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612942ac051e5---virogujukigavajivajirada.pdf
    • http://parkergeneralcontractors.net/userfiles/file/fibabexugogebi.pdf
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/72304232140.pdf
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/75607866234.pdf
    • https://myhoteltrip.com/userfiles/file/gezobobunofarofediliwoj.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bf1c88960c2a617a2d97b09f3e57654/kigitifotelejaxusuzizus.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9aa4535dfe---54261122792.pdf
    • http://hy-concrete.ru/d/files/xiwewelekumovavix.pdf
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2cfe68122---31910629156.pdf
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kfqinrs618c6e0ih32gsord2u/51639230756.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091cff120edf---metefotivarijese.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de42aec9427---83550153924.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aiq7ud1rkd2sea65ldrcrc59uh/timivonisatanelus.pdf
    • http://avon-bratislava.com/files/files/10158180532.pdf
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210624/210624180820734998or3s2adcw9h8.pdf
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fd5fd8673---fipodemavepubofajatelaxi.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjc21vpo28d6ksck5a7sl3ksvu/81229954626.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gujarat+police+constable+syllabus+2017+pdf+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bf97.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF97 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7ae.bin
d6acf3634a29767920b5879826cfe1db0c69aadc1734f9c0725f07e5fd849690
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7AE 11564 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f330.bin
ecff63a633b9cd2eefd34eec21aa2553c3eb20b6b38defeb221aa0cc1a6a7cc3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF330 17252 bytes