Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c07379e1fc34d6e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:25:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8baff6568548b4db3dbe83372a9510ff SHA-1: 041404b9d1ba3f6c37674c176d021d1842cd43f0 SHA-256: c07379e1fc34d6e5f032b6e5eaeb16d97a96bc4d3ec1ff693fac5002fe31840d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electronic+devices+and+circuit+theory+11th+edition+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://hilltop1976.com/clients/24685/File/visesumogofixazisabaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sn1jbvapuv2jso2k4v8ai1soen/56956976832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1af3839cb3db384ee5fd6def0cd9ed5/88883715196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f28ed62f01e846b1f5fee2bb3838b0/98098540699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95alhn8g5spg0o1p7aejfvfa6o/44322541938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f8c3eba2cdd18c32ddb90b5072cfcf3/31149122699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/sidexedipavop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56ff82a879---nowimovojalidewilewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///putuzirakalubumumul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-insurance-broker.de/downloads/vilimakotinemejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jucariicopilasi.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/refof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4949961457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f94d02cde6---posoxujuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/18938314911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/50756566903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/94090238440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewirawelubegatugate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6fcbb9b2e---nemoxuniwususotupedaxilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41711697721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqkc3f73cabhjj09hi9lflfcc6/kilepubaremuxuwimarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa212142159---62896481216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/8283690949.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_off0000d4af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4AF 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 36c2a76bdf30b12c17e6e07e20db93b8158f9bf4a2ea769780fc6eff1855a3d0
font_01_sfnt_off00010166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10166 11120 bytes
SHA-256: eb628f17bee9cdec82176510f817084aa4241e8b938144776b7cc1bf2b3e11fd
font_02_sfnt_off00011b69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1