Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0052b8049cec4ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:45:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 26cdc9c156f95243dbb8f150065ea819 SHA-1: 93f64fcc56fb427e31ebf84ad30da75d9e2f7564 SHA-256: c0052b8049cec4ea8bb0cb9cd3229230043a38498815dffe35ff6000a2857734
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'Download Button' heuristic further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23456919735.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/wumebeketek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4d5bc3449---50200091248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/xarotirovugexotakumeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a5c0bd658---77403454403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/76971921231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckletrack.com/update/editor/file/dofubizinegogozide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkyoukais.com/Images/Media/files/43491755610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613372495d3c8---zopisadodekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kruvv7jvmf4nrcuhchrd4f5ek/82400563899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/51968745808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/zaxepuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/76425740363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/5942854653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios/files/govavesekaxiwurekenorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dab44db08e32178edaa2525ef04a53f/dukisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161168d4855388---10862667829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210626_5B883552BEEEF467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/kevezugudefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saaegfpolis.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66744647334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5728046137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f65cc148f8---pexodajilonisolizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilspecchem.com/files/pugegekozigojevadaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtmaso.com/public_html/Imagens/file/zituwonotazoravuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=spardha+vijetha+monthly+magazine+in+kannada+pdf+2018PDF 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_off0000c88d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC88D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A4 11816 bytes
SHA-256: b62e2483e382ca64ef09de75bc574de75103ce26e1e611404ae8d3f30968a650
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9A 20648 bytes
SHA-256: df7811d3641e1dc75d2d73f5373e51c596c287584d5ca5ce68544f06beda3ae8