Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c04c39ea13dd64e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:57:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a3a710a5c32ec5d3adef802f26b85f6d SHA-1: 95270893700fd73b83e3fb61f9515eb3fd3c319d SHA-256: c04c39ea13dd64e2ed9c33e2a8e7eb11cd08aadfd8a4e83de65b9198f436b9fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple external URLs, with several hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF structure and numerous links suggest it's designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://www.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tusutubisove.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/49244142460fa088e483f8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/puderetifonexaluvuxuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2a91bd651ac9d4b0dbf8918a1f913c2/6970731419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b950c6f2620---zamupazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevamotupixikijepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70975ef80897820285283af9a0666b94/60282473222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/97785391010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/15140267527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventclub.pl/userfiles/file/66000372929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/5908324921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bbpg3gbbibpop4ks9q1lsgor7/ditobazozumoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/vowagenigovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/083120f29c6bff2d7d86bf2aab0e38ce/29011700315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60799975723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70b2db6406---jibizujikojuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c65578109d---zudaromozeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123dfa3b398d---nixaduvavakubikanasiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4574aa5b1a---dezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/3316078449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujezumizopukijijifopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3lqnc2321mdn7uv2892nsa541/65448879985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b3b871b41---59958247414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/48757254316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/ladofamujunodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/35807006251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=bone+broth+diet+free+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_off0000e37e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE37E 17908 bytes
SHA-256: ac3a928e08a8a81518dbecdade67d94604e017a33c3c6823ce8f116023a85372
font_01_sfnt_off000111db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F2 10412 bytes
SHA-256: dde0948b5fc826b80fd55f2b00a779664ffcd4222685d96b80a8cdbd367ab897