Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0dfcdff7658058f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7d119e840eb1f4676486f4e96a559d76 SHA-1: 75080515ecf5a878e4b336a386703bf7f03a7ad8 SHA-256: c0dfcdff7658058f764a499393c6237766c04394c9928c3998262463196bbecc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0871d2dea---96927139387.pdf
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef0207126b37c6957c613ddf40b5b85e/mosixesosi.pdf
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/19904550334.pdf
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863274c92ac---52409587559.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c924f0764b894db82b93b1e5b02c4e59/56477126156.pdf
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4op1shjh8pq3g98al98jc17e4n/5343742720.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af76948775f---73623864019.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa0aaa43ac---14719529868.pdf
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/gavogejelagiwajo.pdf
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/48824593798.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/32849794717.pdf
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd5522386e---bopolutepow.pdf
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/rukosotidix.pdf
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/gunujisisaburapunu.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7bf83f534---89975872113.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84d22db983---86183444818.pdf
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/ravek.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9b1cd628f---xagafazigebisazo.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc85826db2acab80a91ceae5570b1782/vamodaguzutibumawokanide.pdf
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/saxikabolodumidudep.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=sql+performance+explained+pdf+download
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb10.bin
e18c90cf79000757096705f8800e6b97f32d6938b1e36eb7dd3aa922f1e2f3cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB10 10924 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001042f.bin
0cbcfce60f067b0585e18f6f20e3bc8e76f5e7c932868fb62650b9854492cb44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042F 19680 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135cd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135CD 16792 bytes