Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c01bcf5661e1796d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 09:43:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1462d3047071a0956dcebc6e0d75a549 SHA-1: db796052dd237d6f3797e2e47c3a92c32338fba2 SHA-256: c01bcf5661e1796d89772e3c903c5b5601e51ff4adfa7ded53650377b497a93b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous links and the nature of the heuristics suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93ts4cafa4so2vlk7ugv6kf0ah/buzap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d672e9f053---potukikekuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a011c3a4aea---zobewobiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1gci8mgedk5aifkes4sqt3blj3/16393110859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.humillacionyestrella.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marimabusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/giwazolopukunewaputoxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/70896454941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1b7151444---26631328843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/nobaximubuguvogujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21638173756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/61391901753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941e932a7c6---27142836286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/949431080609409ffe03b8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/53734776380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/62338366298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sclifeguards.com/clients/16854/File/59313713252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fdaff8b0049644985627d629cb8cf22/80234082652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/fonebabuvupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18cdfc64e73f9752b33dc648a3cf6be/42583379325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f24974f820---93433739371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17716875092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764a8c791ec---62353128157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=optifine+cape+costPDF 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_off0000ceec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FE 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 38f0f626277a02bbcbfe5434f01e82a05edcbef4520d6b8eba140136de71941e
font_02_sfnt_off0001151b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151B 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 07040f95747d4656bef946645e7ea0edb7b218a80f151db113d063ca13a2205b