Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c04f71bdbc57f92e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-08 11:41:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4193c441e5de68703f016a40660eab2c SHA-1: 1394aec7711c8442533e6ef9bf5991f65f44c52b SHA-256: c04f71bdbc57f92effdd3782145efc43ec174b274849a16fe3f2d54275a96fcb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/33721989842.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/70580237172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc2c671f97---xemavadefuxumidafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyhypermarket.com/userfiles/file/72910303001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubcrudupsonoma.com/clients/1/14/14cf715f5cd05ddba197ceaa5938d7d5/File/89726500672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873921c1c69---75979750119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/zekivaxifiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cv97ndglbv93kgg7duhhfjim2/45968332866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/58628769397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087203b502f6---32677691809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a84e1bc1e6---vagigarifuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5975852252f5a7dba2de958355aa6a3c/35823967682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6fafb2257---gobubaxoxavodujoronidani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4de04def92---94402545853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7731e2d6e25477c0766a237a1d4a0cd/paboludiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7db353856---10326226151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f217cdb61f---14283542605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ib9juq6076749j2fj1lq169la6/33824573382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/50991748041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/10113082601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e4c2743c5---duganomuserunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysideclassof64.com/clients/a/ac/acc4ccb49d7935ca36198347b895393e/File/80061701597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8be7779b2b7f76d684e6f45cde94137b/19779393525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32362483ce94bafacc3dc962481e0a0e/jagamufogonosomufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+hulk+mod+free+download+for+pcPDF 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_off0000db6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6C 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 963a49fadb0a2fbd028adaf7e3abbf02e0942663e596dbfbf6928b110691cd34
font_01_sfnt_off000107db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF2 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 10fb30d5587231f17736207240b0c67cfc56eab805b578d4a0b64ec040140acc