Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0298f8d20a71b8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-08-13 18:48:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 81f9252ff69a12e060b4617cf1b6948e SHA-1: 7e431da15e2c3bab522ab14882ef010c8d269c28 SHA-256: c0298f8d20a71b8ec06aa9c031df8d6dde2a5ec46a8f18efe32eeeb88b6b94a0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40956240761.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://metal-et-verre.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39590511484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc55a8812025eabe07d9502d767d5390/xozomamuzexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850b172fb7e---rilefulolaxulizopopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c37961254---rudizaforepubawalugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b52f3bbd2---43257442875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59fd4870d67a9ae9e1b20dd885d96bf3/gifikowobasunolewifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caminodesantiagoenmoto.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/66933655662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffac4c6b9e---99885425390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90e8639e251fa224f2f6e854d50b6c70/doboduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4scanada.com/clients/8/81/81a8d3ecf29e0a7d9042e8364394d873/File/zagogimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab1c3fd695c9f787ee043a65dcb3f8e3/vemomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/60094529636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/76544990760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c599621c9c87989ee9949be24cffcf78/23614549334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denledmpe.com/upload/files/xasudorave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610601eab42ce---savelotevuxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fondationmonetoile.org/clients/0/0e/0ecfe6182781ff486fe5156d2e85c11d/File/57235454220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01dc5165f0aabd91d1911856c94aea23/kewijulorunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2e6f18ab0---37255979102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/897522477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezakugilaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi-m.ru/userfiles/file/59351939930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/33069847143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/78896713506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=circulos+armonicos+en+piano+pdfPDF 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_off00011dc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC6 10812 bytes
SHA-256: de647d45092d525f38fae73100c6d48ad8a863fd946ee3407bdb29c5f366f622
font_01_sfnt_off000136a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A8 19196 bytes
SHA-256: e965ddeb5dd05957451a7c60ce86993156a3bfbc60a6f1698926cd7512376524
font_02_sfnt_off000167c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1