Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c067a8f6892853e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-08-02 15:51:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 01f55dd919c2a095dcde3dd746fc95a0 SHA-1: 888c6dfea27103993fde70cd2905e47be344e4dc SHA-256: c067a8f6892853e1ec3908b4ad6435fb79117760953297fdbd034336c1553f93
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a PDF-based downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pitch+perfect+3+movie+download+in+tamil PDF link annotation
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/rafowinugoluteluraxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07af5781f3ae40409b44cb41d727cd68/31780914179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/786b2eaf30a5b364b2fc396eedfdded7/dulabomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://call-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37967766503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/neriseverugakigoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ray-king67reunion.com/clients/41562/File/68630172527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2759d8e3c1f99d2e126a7da28107c1bf/54196652973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/darezepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/37095087945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/25925867402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d30716e7c7---losidisufarutuzuguporesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c188f216870---8850786383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/kujixodewumajozoxitodeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/21988131582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609060d3ee014---59767437733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/54104184240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///demirojorirefodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079337f157c9---fowowujilonunusaveleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f14555f25---ronenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb85f50ecd66c45aaf402e110b7cfd3b/7970479197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdd660f811---20057120625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/tiretozosabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmsnbqdgf6m16q7tfseqn1lnqp/35170054761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c4ab0ed25b830647f72b26e6cbb883a/90379448568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000100ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011905.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11905 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 35e07334ddbfe8375fc0fdf8789c335732cf1109d4e52273bb53f5f638e5cbe5
font_02_sfnt_off0001329c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1329C 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 67870c5f86c152146f382ba865906703816c50006209b21754dac678b3b4d68b