Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0c81631f10b71db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-09 02:51:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: de22f2a083d12b40435d5a3b3844fc1d SHA-1: 4c3b8fcb07c40ebc53092aa57f32d507ac1dba9a SHA-256: c0c81631f10b71db6e9878c39089ec4873319e7b3d0f007cf6cadcd2d93a0f23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to lure users to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=of+any+consequence PDF link annotation
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipasafalanirozupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837b89c84d---fufaribamaxinenap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beyondpins.com/calisma2/files/uploads/88981433052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/nimapivitefowoxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072417af176f---laxujatoxasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbhsreunion.com/clients/21010/File/ladamojerul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/57312307918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/tanivarave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510ae1419b333bcd5749cb252a0e3fde/11236680407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sm08rvgca0op045ouf68cmt64/morababedixogezelakibaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/jopebusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e22b35f1ab489651b739fbc166a343/49050258333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/namasugusasapasulekogaded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/gamixiziwoxegufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24ff2dcc6a55546b678ed8eb99e32e90/46468727765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brc8cv4cbv33s4jk5qoj4ha7dc/wogijifodidujuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc2bb9cc02---mopimoxakonose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/33204940507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75338a85591cbf142110ea4ab9779cdf/79119251882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/39630578108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a398c536e04---megog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076230c5b176---81098262144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/7605916117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee7db9a888---28491085669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/21962287595.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_off0001029c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1029C 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 03bb56049e5de967a0a7cd893f43089f225c904a8cd07cdc3771e8614b4d8545
font_01_sfnt_off00013183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13183 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001499a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1499A 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 3d5368baba651028fcd8ecb10d9af3d0de692f2f4f9e9143fc2d42cb1b97fc10