Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c00f4607b04930bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-23 16:51:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ca5ec514e06e8ae8df4cf0b7bf292990 SHA-1: 6dd2eb38d2a9c284ea8ee31c9eb1e792811d286f SHA-256: c00f4607b04930bbd8a8a224b0ccad0b952e29c733151c3dc75715eeb09bbd65
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting. The embedded URLs, particularly those hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggest an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1322e0173---79980106251.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d104677fa412ea9acd1aa422355f499/84845171788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/22883986017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kingsmen-cmti.com/upload/files/jozivixejibigutonivumafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fdb23dafb---68321952944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/xiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c85816723---rijotanerovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qo4cg9fce2o13ujefr8ql8815/tuwunijudituboxurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owv-sad.de/userfiles/files/27294516119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8d939707b---80952485124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/86712821573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d93457568---94491240997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/kupuvesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/xikosojokezodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e2dffc40af---dimowufuxuwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/11048870218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southfieldhigh1973.com/clients/2/27/27a5067865c8334ad4a5a1fd7642c928/File/gasaxuxavefobisekox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/nazidevekomejupekutur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/rigamupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948dba5db09---tegofugaponomuzibosod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images//fck/file/gedexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889135b9004---jagasag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownbag.vn/upload/files/83888489336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+misfeasance+in+healthcarePDF 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_off0000eb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB59 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 83dd0829d3b72a1829537e309ed113a883c46a7e3ae50008d840d466acfd2cf9
font_01_sfnt_off00011acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ACD 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 2e87706976c5dbbf2532f565f96e7a3b4a38325ed353a5c043b797165e435b25
font_02_sfnt_off00013398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13398 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1