Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c01ea7afa62d849b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:05:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f6ee1abf449e6c035db5f48015bcde56 SHA-1: 771afff0ca958056b709c135252b0f7ba4bdc168 SHA-256: c01ea7afa62d849b2e4f5c28e7a22d2cd6b26b9e9c0b50fb5d146983358114d8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a second-stage payload. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=poems+that+have+similes
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f3vnbquler19amc2hftvte57/97140564443.pdf
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/wugetolofadazewolagefoko.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ea232a5e8---57654533560.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/28884430921.pdf
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents//files/riwogigegi.pdf
    • https://tosto.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinovozojufijonuva.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b766868df57---88694755241.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/381fd6a758a21ff0b95e73b266f1b022/94282793236.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d4865aa2---mezad.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/posikidafadatalosakip.pdf
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d992c2e050170983f65ee190aeff8c35/46706891626.pdf
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/nukukawititonog.pdf
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/dozezol.pdf
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc844fd94f197b6c877d6927bd1b255c/66578581009.pdf
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a79223d54ff8e8f99cb60959f45d2037/74131705571.pdf
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/77213826457.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93372ad70b---nanisabavizasinefazu.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914e9b68444554ce7967a8e1d36ef838/65034913901.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608568cd15c1d---dewidelil.pdf
    • https://designclarf.it/file/71160630278.pdf
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/17098864012.pdf
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22k9bfoqqh33orlip3cppgiefn/69581705114.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dd712b8db---rufitudoguputizotax.pdf
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/mukanavo.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssq16u28gvbgf0ooa312r1r0r0/futemebelik.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d923.bin
99b6f85b45ccc6a108d25df1d7442c2fea9306ff8b5464ad4c7262e44356da08
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD923 16612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103e4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011bfb.bin
7b5942bbc2b74582371fbe20a2bbb8e4f29c884871027eedc4e80f7909f45dbf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFB 10236 bytes