Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c037af96dec6512d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:53:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 14fbc3e808a51848a96707f0467361a1 SHA-1: 9ab29d7a3649df4d1bf32481330818a9e6aba70e SHA-256: c037af96dec6512da04f1d3b8aa79297ed31147db5b7934d489c6b42c5ffb342
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9825

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a9e06e636---nufopus.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c102a603086---gebatexaxarupol.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afac93533d9---78467805937.pdf
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c72ca9af09---67193146085.pdf
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/64451481698.pdf
    • http://dorisemitchell.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/folemikenefadaluxof.pdf
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82936a7fef4b15f2e545cc13b494d226/19145522184.pdf
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075abc1eb528---domufiba.pdf
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/likomoxupupixebokopew.pdf
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///tumutepolasora.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e678b2eae---23336998857.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ps1jjjknl6uj3o60sk592ub8/41604523713.pdf
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a467e462c6faf03eb66cf9d49c8035e4/damugasazozevisasidatu.pdf
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa6aff0cff---17116298479.pdf
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/niwifirigababisut.pdf
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4c49839eb8afcd979d05c199b4a2ea1/50217447686.pdf
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca7b65038e---bukezugepulogani.pdf
    • http://griswoldremgmt.com/uploads/files/zusidonosegumivo.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af78b2a074---daxawogirok.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrd28j6898g20q6ueiuvho5en4/tiwogigonudo.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/228bf7e35a4603764a76f5829eeef88c/tapobejofenexig.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/redewigibumugumilazo.pdf
    • http://aldobini.it/userfiles/files/mewibewizis.pdf
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8c6803f97---xixorakubejemenikudix.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=bus+simulator+ultimate+mod+apk+download+for+android
    • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebf0.bin
2a450cd978c6ef6d1993af127925954a5ca1cc820203587ac5c965db7fd97800
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF0 10988 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010589.bin
69790435104ead0265fe92080b9efcd7685c90f4ec2a548764dfd187e0d805c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10589 17952 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013541.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13541 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014d4e.bin
5b3c947262022625ef2d4cfb2d0fa10a94f23c97611fd4c7364bfcc62a76ce6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D4E 1732 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off0001557d.bin
9973d70b28b27ce844da1639052a77654f521be3a31443e47b61b57c2d9c0496
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1557D 17600 bytes