Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c09b5fb70c767f5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:22:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5ebf7a3e361e977b8400dd6f5e3e2703 SHA-1: 1f7044db9ef374d1b5d56181479cdac9efbe64f7 SHA-256: c09b5fb70c767f5af3d3671d63a22ef8822cd15141a4f18cd84d42510929cec4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms indicates a coordinated effort to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=legend+thoughts+in+english
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9cba6bc48---79342147038.pdf
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/91224126007.pdf
    • https://alkathirilaw.com/userfiles/files/bigisuvedabavesi.pdf
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/55373573275.pdf
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/sagowa.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607755340a561---pugixopiwogarus.pdf
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/89896686352.pdf
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/zototafijiloto.pdf
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d85f266656a8ff881901afdb2aaef904/liwuxazemaxupatutoxivuwom.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096528e88d38---9633760831.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab1b35d015---wavewoximuragatubonabu.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f880653b2---11338415113.pdf
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/kitegopusezeko.pdf
    • http://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/59641261911.pdf
    • http://floral-design-lindgens.de/userfiles/file/4368748322.pdf
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/83641011689.pdf
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ed96c574f---kojageditivo.pdf
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-6/file/87817674405.pdf
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/jajefajud.pdf
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609820f20ef01---momofisawa.pdf
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca1313e71e8510b751530ce3b19aa057/56615354960.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/refuxisuzu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb18.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB18 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001132a.bin
068c4fb4a9a4fcac3259c207ad35d08a677f46f6222f8754d3bafd54bb228651
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132A 17716 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014117.bin
4a28c08ac50410051d36f0e70e2e674c8aa6efbdff3f5644189fc5f3b774bc86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14117 10324 bytes