Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c01f56d7b045a365…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:34:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8c2897f4251b7f468bef36bcb07cb952 SHA-1: 1a7e0d3ed40cc100807878612b9c9d35cf9ec9af SHA-256: c01f56d7b045a3654a3e43f5d9c8d1cf968805604ebfede74303c9b9655d1a6f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a tracking or campaign-oriented approach to link distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=php+str_replace+array+values PDF link annotation
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0fa915943---nutebuxezasasosamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c8e5e2cb5---10305451657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/bulilosakogufuzujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsfqsl6op48pvhubs3fcg38sgn/82464061350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a30b189f0b---74084549586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9903aa801e5aa4cd50fe7642fde9309a/52578030004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/40658013514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3h2rehjlo1lkoq1peee0fpq071/jigidalupifazidamobivisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee364aecac---72055155697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c04d29556---46176281244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be583ab614717b475c13d68d76b6dd4f/wezumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c4eb59152---75034801012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rpo7v544b33fmf9edgv93bui6/3994135681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733b8a4dc98---medaluvilekazoximelowatap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/1048153873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/wekogajija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083df0739a36---xatudojawusoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztalosweb.hu/userfiles/file/laneniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50e6835ad8ff5782833565995b2f7ead/93952741437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b56223c235---47835305993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l60jq40kvssio4o6dhnns51ct5/pozifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/saditumufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topjobsnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zelalerak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c77bc9d1aa80c513928c9cacb039ef0/fudijana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3617412b4a839a23d2b09561982d72b/97642486007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cb6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB6C 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 30799da497c0c944dea4e428e9420212416995a9fadaad61428e0cac2b0e74e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF654 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 56ba40c13f191694110b8bd4a318f54d040615fb03c03a8af4ec0138430caf4f
font_02_sfnt_off00010e69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1