Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0d1f57619dbe44b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:30:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 367cdc67fc4659692bfa4068eca6fd1c SHA-1: ee79f0b4a320d2e8a8fc27c6ceea077c1d9fedea SHA-256: c0d1f57619dbe44b4c27ec57e7d84d38cb77eeb4d9b842c464338e3af770125a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/71282072856.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fongyoskert.hu/userfiles/files/80819380202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d9cc39568---80352683726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/towuzirozava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/75406542172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b993f9a1c0f16c421a001e73b89854cb/34202128093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741bd221b5a---98948836887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-020.com/userfiles/file/20210902045741_ir21ck.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/88798314047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumbulefendiegitimvakfi.com/resimler/files/dederax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f7c068efd---40543493408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5bab49f8f4---72624506991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/72725956931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70271074501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b7fa29807---zujajevoxonisenavaruwokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schnauzermountainminiatures.com/clients/17729/File/jirinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stl-hk.net/userfiles/72285073816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q0e1tqbod324pooi2mm52ot5j/jejekubuxufiwevivamipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfsroanoke.com/home/tfs/public_html/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidimosofaganipove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f0103ac4837dc689c5c0d955ccd2c4/53161931176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/lenonajigopadoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1966.com/clients/8/85/85e9e0a76fddb83d7689cebc6ab07fae/File/6202072309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=xero+accounting+software+manual+pdfPDF 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_off0000daa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA0 18300 bytes
SHA-256: b78725eefa54ee33f8ed4d94a7ff35ba3e3dc613203afa735df2e48667f84d0d
font_01_sfnt_off0001093d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093D 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 7ff862b9d118dacf8a734883fce1cfccaf26b3f33846eedeb0b5961f26c902ad
font_02_sfnt_off00012327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12327 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1