Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c03f4c8d17267d99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 15:31:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9f69ff8409744e59340e079c87cfebf4 SHA-1: 8ddaf85dc608dff845f14fdf29e9e4e8442ecc61 SHA-256: c03f4c8d17267d9944b4d62d9fc86b51547f88c484e1460ff78be032ae4c16b0
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The file's structure and URL distribution indicate it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9158

Heuristics 5

  • 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 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
  • 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://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6d7fa427ea75f330be0268bbe314056/8537877853.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/47644159385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/litudimutesijolesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b8cb349f63260228e884b54b012827d/7250181048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce45773866a---61297087233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074135e3cd76---gogapifevibazevobejamefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cdf38d5a5---51057086149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/10015870425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/533733473b165995b92929a49b43fa13/39003225916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b7d405d29---powekakikevevudode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd043a073e7---motetigonafadizalowut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9995834bcd32db8a0bf1b74e8def0087/72166234216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/63686603763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8591db7b3d---80957111536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099876e37b5d---bavegubakozutogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4e492a0e9---bilunaxegodanofemivarav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t0frn3lkkuare2gg51q6p40o0/teruwupesusofot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9a73b068b6a7a0ab7b41cebb2ca35a2/zipusawagoparejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/4114303245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8951c7064c859da9e092b45447d01540/xiguvitufurerife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/liregasidokikojuvodufoxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8729c20e4---sulanovewokevegodol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83+%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%83+4+%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81+2+%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0PDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1