Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0e7f44d21fb72b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:45:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 252ff733ed3af48f318050d59278fa25 SHA-1: 701b3e2a9ccd3d4e1b4105616aa11a9b9c3ad210 SHA-256: c0e7f44d21fb72b42f30abc1d31f5f7836a37dc2086863fc9a4211c9a3a3cad7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites, likely to facilitate further malware downloads. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/lolomeluverigego.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mami-m.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/20409005941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesiwomefeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hearing-outlet.com/uploads/files/202109050528371951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rossbeede.com/userfiles/file/vowigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://architektor.ru/uploads/file/wikemosoxarej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingkady.com/uploadfile/files/60550664055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/12585187634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/62063693178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/93341560608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsa4etokut3gjjh20aiao8esjb/dutunorudejuwijame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368d6ef08e3---javupewosazulunagejili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63653187875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobil-tech.com/files/bobuzekisorunujujuzuneva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/xodevuvifolebutikisufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/nenegujojusaleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/lapudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oreopay58.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27723151022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/gemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355eb2bcd5f---12812285387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utcsp2.rustyramone.com/uploads/files/97866814081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2c4d9c9e4---57531503771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/tajigefomasujulikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/fekesemegezolasafukuxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/xigewodekakarigufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+view+cbr+files+on+androidPDF 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_off0000da95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA95 10752 bytes
SHA-256: d867f5c2a3649bf60842cff201e1a4c18bdd412cd3602d36a568604f5b52afaf
font_01_sfnt_off0000f372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF372 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 5a7c77c39c0aedafb9e91af5cff3cf98964f44dd7fa47274adbd2d96efd81664
font_02_sfnt_off00012111.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12111 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1