Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0eda63d0307a778…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:42:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1956fad48e9c1830004a9662b52d0bd6 SHA-1: 033e6c9cf631ab7b46f944693e3e70c23c311549 SHA-256: c0eda63d0307a77864e0f223b42fd0a80f712abfa20fb125692d88f35cd79755
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites hosting further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58798c6f9a7db806d9c281f1f1b8e83/65619306941.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd638470ba---dutepijufawigisazexowewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8af6150a15e516ac2199e2ebdd73d71/94363192576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607486e2ee55a---46733458877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607062d1a3b97---kalosifapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0952f2b91e5cf544d5c99b5cd151c0fd/54346917327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5a34e370c3e570d4f687ffbdf2f2b74/tukuvometimitobamafugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cb4a5a2b82e02c3902db58804ac62a7/41044230375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8400942a00b72fc63581ec89d71c9b8/33375334929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sa9ca2tah85i3pl2mcevv90geh/kakesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be168427bac219f6e836d521f38071f9/fokagosozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27b44b6c64---zubatakivareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3133b96f5309ac84d70819369994de4/kilukivonajazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/sipivikuxolovanezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/80936413510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polloricowings.com/uploads/files/voviradopunukuvinabuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797c44536d0---77783235377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma--style.net/files/files/93189795865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jkoe2bbuuog7ldiclo43qnt6m/82291954585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/72835177955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eed7dc1a695b4ca6d5eebf7b26929cff/tusixuzevalezewafuwapaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=download+betrayal+in+the+city+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_off0000ebcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCB 17112 bytes
SHA-256: b9ce327182facc8e53a0680aa75d67b8f4ebd7898fe466a7d55f5dd79837382f
font_01_sfnt_off000118b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B5 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 92841f06ad6ce09c009626600af5f953b23b89972df3fab156b223c6fc0eda27
font_02_sfnt_off000131a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1