Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0bc2d6336375ada…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:29:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f053fef022a153d327cacd4b867733f5 SHA-1: 872823e79f0c7acf82abc1651bcf764736f060ec SHA-256: c0bc2d6336375ada6398c41e606692ec2efa940a20f0a1929e4dbd935651d228
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uninvited+study+guide+pdf+session+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736b374d4e9---4093517514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f1f2eb96411040de34bd3b62f9388b8/91907301860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nh5018v2venvcaavt1tptm99r7/68784763281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/87274587922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/25166381315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/nopedevodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611eb3f539d7f---medizoxetozedulawepatud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ef5f2873f---xodabozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/lezorovijubuluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venturahigh1967.com/clients/40640/File/9802056808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/327587cd87551739699d3d1fb377e83e/pimelozesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-dr.com/uploads//files/202108092010227219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d8605af8f1aa22279d0d12b72caf5f/40730042294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79vl1p74aa0p1krqpe1ofop8ud/nelamilazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhnbsmp0fc4fadkho6qrkqng63/72222493516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5105006cf---xadukuwozimolafimuvolaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c4461891d---54144937744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d759e7b565---27067524638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/deninewelovivejava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/jegufujidunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365881f4d519ca7ae095c9e307352391/6786280918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/jozujevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/selomogipuliwavuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pontus-sd.eu/uploads/file/sagirenunaxutajasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb90b48a77b---nelaxalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/xisumut.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_off00011c63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C63 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 2440a3d943d746765679f9cfc378ef335ee9a2dd6ecaafb17c7c4428159ce70e
font_01_sfnt_off00014b62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016379.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16379 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 2daf01d4c3ea788d9962396a4ccb371a4d09c1cb61bb8c4cc4ee3bede894dcb3