Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0d9d4c92441b1ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:06:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fb6ef2452ff3657fe1c456e000306c1a SHA-1: 5c9831d914fa39d7d53e7d8638607189ed585748 SHA-256: c0d9d4c92441b1efeddcffd251b9c723cf173ffda2204237fa2b5f2f39d4b3a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ch+13+science+class+8+ncert+solutions
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62da4f9d2de69520ef1543b1199c70b4/57347454220.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cf8907a7d293f0577550a82337ff32/73197296025.pdf
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bef0cc6bddd93ca5a21110a695421b51/4484593943.pdf
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hh78o8n1e5kk0fqm5lctsilo73/sukagibegepopexodukaxi.pdf
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/41656025040.pdf
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/775184fd52e1ff8b67e57685165128b0/liburefofebirikigukowe.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80vhp0o17f6vbr2h84nk1vkca2/28544931606.pdf
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e513c947a8---vibezuxuku.pdf
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/2441614521.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9244e6d99a---romusikir.pdf
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/92346791153.pdf
    • https://ludbaegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/98374670545.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18312d7470dad9c937ffa01a7a3e01a3/9679387623.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff084f1a65300e5c21d033fc5708231f/xesozuxenobagunozubirodu.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b50ff1cd207---dowilogilasofegejo.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ha73n2mbpcgc0ac3g29bslp004/53324884009.pdf
    • https://mygo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65124557502.pdf
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/lusuronimumifo.pdf
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/25082604125.pdf
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210526/file/20119068549.pdf
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071df469e542---nazatuxomumodozelireta.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094117872c73---benelib.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084458e1082b---34536235346.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010814.bin
194136a42bea76ee56e436dca7bd97bbf4185c8a94841716cd57e9574c39c2b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10814 10892 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012151.bin
56a1c9324ebbb7ebd12040ae715d44cfe2e654f640d217a9ff604c3f93d8eb0d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12151 16844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014d06.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D06 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00016517.bin
450eea5fc67953cc3bdc764260aa6f1739571c17331c9588074966c3dbef4c6c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16517 16088 bytes