Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c00942a25ed7c26b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 01:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8a702e38eb18e8867f63fa7517eab132 SHA-1: 1985e179ebcf3d96838ec51f935696c315523edb SHA-256: c00942a25ed7c26b2c43e09c33419e77b9c28be434772bcf3c131f29df4068a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. The document contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or use disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a feedproxy URL with a 'download game harry potter apk data' term further supports the lure of a malicious download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950451e05ee---42310682143.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08310c6f82---18844734448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojafavovanepexagibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/rowosanuralujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703a0bc1e9f---3303772453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/tozowuforedewigisufoloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50841eef2c---mizopozatixibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae757a14e8b---58064233467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607124daa2e7d---67283141004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/nakenatiwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42a720a60e---47675024575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57t6bddl8lu15lk363quphdc5u/19986222566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87134042090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7dd68a8c8---67162831797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d771026cc4d78b6d5e4b37b49e280481/kesakilexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q59vj265o9fuv6lmoh5ido7u2t/rutavuziborif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/xirapowowokikidasuwufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/52036741885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://em.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/wobisivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f770c61db---89625714633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9so28e4bv9br5sact3kcr3dkv5/sufokisalemosedev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/75550625365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkim.vn/upload/files/begiponawubataradubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=download+game+harry+potter+apk+dataPDF 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_off0000f9fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11212 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 31faecdfa90a92577f4841e5396a7f3c04a8d099b86cda0ba6b9503fafcfe251
font_02_sfnt_off00012ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADA 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 5e5ec17f121640638fc8ffc10eae286222b33e283e7bf0125605c48dc49f8dde