Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0ad9162a8685f5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-13 15:17:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8bb23004d3b9d8756518c7d438afe5ff SHA-1: 79dd5f600117080ac37aa49e3db99d2046bdb85a SHA-256: c0ad9162a8685f5f5bce012cab555790aeebadef9e0c816b4d8c1e4561a4ffaf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/80942658974.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abd0a6d8b1---76131629272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsp.by/userfiles/files/74184314825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0026959a56aeee14639c0cd42a721a3/33261651737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/6051959840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/wewalewabekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/76153293688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b7d82aff3aedddb91cc840bc02fb2a/45343689191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608298ac201a9---tituduvubivapawuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da5aa4516af---tedusedubuteretugeleti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759e24e8da4---16459382209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/peq7basi9t41leomd9v5i3bc0j/sokogizafamakuduxagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838db8f3cbc---24266989998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/90414002291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vhefoi65qprcu4doa5osuvvic/zavumovixenetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf10f7a354---nasulimimolikomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manixcnc.com/ckupload/files/48343296335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chornakorn-packing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22717046353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c67419824dba2eb86c3b13fcb64d03b8/puviguwowemufiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/dokemojome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/kexasowopunasalilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rpeloc1l070fn1qsoc6rcvd0t4/11253728864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608867fe5e390---bifidazusaremijesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/bukenadike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjfl7j6g0onjg5k1ee82ro9hm5/fipoxipudijutufere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54815a1f7a---74505344399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+comfortex+shadesPDF 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_off0000eb68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB68 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 9ad60a8beb587af69da275caf0d57b3168dcb33d74192215fb828f25ffcc0f72
font_01_sfnt_off0001048b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048B 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 5c49b65e5eb7dcfaa2fa28746f41f9099ddb5cc3d0dff15c6007d333aba90d76
font_02_sfnt_off00013131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13131 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1