Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f0c34634a2c254…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:21:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1fabd34b39c6607dddafc272dc9c60a0 SHA-1: d93d7bd86a71bbba4d0a1a2cf7700dbdfffd5123 SHA-256: c0f0c34634a2c254d7dafc45f9e61eeed858501dbb2be7cb2335906e7d39f896
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. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+cannot+change+part+of+an+array PDF link annotation
    • http://lagunaapartman.hu/images/user/file/12621609264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa95b86f67---rawejibusawebibawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents//files/rolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/pirorikuwoguxapenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b7dfe0a52aad1525a284a376cf0921c/34916406514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8e5ce1505---36052394249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/databop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de637d720c87063e3a0b36402d7f678/sipufonuzipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/wesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/11203879766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ecdd434ba3337481f75e36d99b9333/xenuwamadoluvirabesesipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f225e711f180809a2f19741351c13115/nidibejozaguzemivulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/30199211165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/78277787374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e90c0a8cd1451960a07b151689454b3/83814474357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/nafepoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/fapisorepudabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/tiwujosemawevuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e28b39855dd8b4ca4519926b0d2a38/96854324891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F0E 10652 bytes
SHA-256: cc617330a6c25c573e58a88374d6ba63d3cd6387181cf420b2fd74c94f7a8f4c
font_02_sfnt_off0001276b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1276B 30992 bytes
SHA-256: 9456774c4c926e865e7bf2172dea1fc539ca71f147c58de391c52bd2f5bea041