Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c010727290dc96dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:06:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 942e832ff1a2a4f900b41006987fcaff SHA-1: d38912a949886d601b258516c4f8d64362b6303f SHA-256: c010727290dc96ddfafcb7944c707bee8a99724fefee2be5406f7573624cc3a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/85053487195.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e7e244307---jadumapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/56460977455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0145c1f30---nesirewanixolopibugejizux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94150629b57a95d337dfb7e6f03b1005/13255514351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/47837087414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/38407425504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanninociti.com/userfiles/files/65227267818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0utubc7pdtoj672ph5vefafm7/tejirowuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topimmigrationlawyer.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodemupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/43854901103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84530890125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/razutawuvavazitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runo34.ru/attachments/file/xamukawomarumapeziboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a855dae5f068536e649ebc281f2845a1/pazeniwobeporoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drproperty.in/userfiles/file/gozuzetura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109f5003c84c---41335184700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigondome.com/uploads/userfiles/file/38108850121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7aacdf23d4---xisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609260d20153d---55850224439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k21bg6j2ol8n1582q9ju5seo2/zesupipolivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/ropagedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/towugutilugazajixaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813b38b5194---63306169554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+handbook+of+civil+engineeringPDF 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_off0000d944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD944 10788 bytes
SHA-256: daa3b903ce3c0e1d623c793b7e80f6c041c1d7e4b0e3648d60b0de83115e1373
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C7 18124 bytes
SHA-256: 0e383f8a962b5e56b4aab5d9309aa7efd30458ae77e11cd22822bee857dd69a4
font_02_sfnt_off0001214e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1