Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0792daf6fe0118b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 16:17:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b69ff7f6d8371b4150f4f33cbeccfe3a SHA-1: 38f4b1bb676ad80bee29ac6e842a64edfdd08937 SHA-256: c0792daf6fe0118bc71b6ed1a066cf892360a179e902410b8a29a00488bf7e57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, indicated by the presence of a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript stream, though not fully analyzed for specific actions, likely contributes to the redirection or obfuscation of the malicious links. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+a+url+for+a+pdf+on+mac PDF link annotation
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/50893611621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de5590836fdc5e62211bd438e30a1779/rukepabifogalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607954d00158c---83237924051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744b15c9e38---bobovewudosipasuseguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/pupagunetugawobomegazisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ba306439a---xipodolizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5smtohkct6emk60vcu1rck709s/49782120358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c611c9a1f073cdc0f7738e0cf412fa5/9051486692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvosudalavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/tigujatanebidore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/1663879671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0c002c4be---66582068332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f78943ae1---30969783598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6f958560e---kinotakiwinuwiviga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38ddb23c40---luxaborumarugefewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089dd9ee8e81---numesulugapifudurezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/jafeliwumowojafopisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd79e3cf17---dulujetonolubefigegomibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3a4ae84e98b41bcd27ff385e088a6a/gelokogevuxuwozifamesibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864c3653c2c---69423315561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41211c4e16dfabc9d8ec796fd4890e5d/nelukekimiruvesanozutura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ecn89aon0c3s6gs1i1ucjn19j/magubexevupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082697e82d6f---juvatesatoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/346cd2b6bbaacb69ad679b706106d8f9/finewomipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087906ac8126---mavuzugi.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_off0000ee64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE64 17452 bytes
SHA-256: f2c4c3df7e2cec33cd2f2d39563d7aa744aa263f1362f16fa6df6de168543e4a
font_01_sfnt_off00011bd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD7 10880 bytes
SHA-256: ec985ca2250ab78740c103a102c5e9843d3daef277d2f9fe50ac4c6f277540e7
font_02_sfnt_off000134d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1