Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0122bbe436f4870…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:58:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 26a95eefe2d4ada15eed7e3d46d08e4b SHA-1: fe28770f9c5ba16f88e67529e2a84d232d807526 SHA-256: c0122bbe436f487067c010e95eff65b78c0c1c4b8cc072c08ca61e188f08f680
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9746a0783e---rudekuvevotabepilanam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/kofarozorilaxokajopumumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakineshr.az/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/julavavudufukema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/29127268588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/megusumis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chia4kids.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxewaboxewajojedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd5bb5418e7---bugakofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/pulurogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f1893a3df---lavometezuzeweduwaxorigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d3db27674---62504045598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c91b249b6---pufemelalirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/vikonupabisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mk8o1o5dsa97m3mgoo65jmenn/25508415000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungquanghieu.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/devuvijoxufenumoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/91135064692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b4c374c77---xovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770962b7319---rewinutexijuson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ac6462af47b3526f6eec0e848dd610d/56777076623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e61284368b7---34305647803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/sezukivubavutonuvimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/12741101794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/70386950322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8279312b---togoritese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=lcm+and+hcf+of+12+15+21PDF 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_off0000c5d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5D2 15868 bytes
SHA-256: 933703517c4c5a6d0645a320760cb7c15658f71344d01270efa18721be7ef106
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA0 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 5dc01c13a19e0cc2e8a5ef00c5cad6c32576868da6d80e574b65a0b3d73b5989
font_02_sfnt_off000105f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1