Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c00d6e804959ec74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 18:12:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 95cf7a2ad21766e89617b9f13d34446b SHA-1: 8016566ebd54e94a547ef6ec789b5959412e8af9 SHA-256: c00d6e804959ec7401e716ffcaf1d07f29e3d9380503abd4ac7fb19b91566392
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to distribute malware or facilitate phishing by luring users to download files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/206it3f2v1qr73opok57cc7116/vakadota.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavosovififexure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/42977421333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu7ojqndigaotinfedgbkj1qd0/winuzewobibulajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d320c593641a0ed7aef1897b94fc49b9/dozevol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/zujenegomozetigawumenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ep2h2ttjecea2hlbvmf7q7umpn/54702062900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607879f4465c9---vevifopele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c2409e326---8507290677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec0197911f---benolisewapujodutilew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccpfsq8b4cosdk8tncpeb530r5/47895743770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaed78c08a7---duvirini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonio-pelella.eu/userfiles/files/91113777950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879c823e09b---bifarelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f011fc0f66---desolodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/pireju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc75d6711d7---25327059012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naso10.com/userData/board/file/78798908716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ln728trhiqreb1ij3vdfcsckq5/lowivurisewodedafesodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/rotigokefugekovuxulogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/miwobodebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+mega+emerald+rom+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d32f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD32F 20100 bytes
SHA-256: aa1e4064855b947faf27540bbde739c4cf3084ace6de92a37622f42c90e7d340
font_01_sfnt_off00010508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10508 10516 bytes
SHA-256: eebb2d3c27d6a4022a906f7cdf5fb8053df3a5e2cc710c48b872e955358ac9c1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1