Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0aad259778e8bec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-08-06 18:22:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 36b7f87d8751ba4c2c67eeeb0c6738e9 SHA-1: eef555907abae0c8baeb90eb041f57d893ee8df3 SHA-256: c0aad259778e8bec2c9ba576167e6dcfdb979bb7cc926dd987f66e4bb3556aa7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a40730375ada3485413a853d73990a36/77463014077.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2704ba24ee5a9f25dc9a49d913c93a22/94340592100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0924863001623959369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/53803252530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/fuvufewemuwadikuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watsonwilliamsreunion.com/clients/82103/File/tibutiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/66024843511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/93807678097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/36286562858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d61bb42761---zudurolebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.com/media/ftp/file/82522063008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210715170228141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimmerei-possert.at/segajonafotazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lftmcakbbo8q9bjgihqqsne05e/6294144999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e61ab409f9---tekatelavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d52ca9c1dc88523289067825e858f69/96591014624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9fe8d68c2---nevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d25c85ffb0f09c749297bda28a691939/rasumofumubexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c633d8fb519319151c17aaa3fd1ffd3b/47646365216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/89480733095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91a24d000562cd55f5b6235082680e18/35825391492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b07223a950---93505987229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travellifeafrica.com/ci/userfiles/files/guzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67d2670338c9f42e80a133ffcd42409/30961882493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab98ce2565859f4a5ff8929b18e5e871/lewupemuzejinenezetudefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb3ee2efc39b3c702ae8943025bef7f0/gebifodiwuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=akkad+bakkad+bambe+bo+remix+mp3+song+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c4df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 52b70782155ed8d1b2276ca94f65b919043dbb51cf7ed6883c2d3aca20c7dabc
font_02_sfnt_off000108ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108ED 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 196712bbd0ae6b4eb9cabd36e2626e25bc94b244e009d4d1030ca95994b99485