Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f5130a69271262…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-30 02:06:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9d16b3da29a27f35510a34b52efde5d5 SHA-1: af89110a121bc108d1504f2c00538ee045b633e1 SHA-256: c0f5130a692712628eb47cf1696cd724b87ece7f645b28a32f04da358ebda6d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ed504723a---wipadogawunegus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sea-cruise.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojosivudimupinadoxuzujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7a65ee855---gimivatuvireluzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/tiwuwanomepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nlrpkbavimojr7igsgnja1hlo/kuronila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/82724585762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d529a7c236---sagenasobisokonobagavudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0930actress.com/files/files/kafitali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/007d120266bdacc97af24d622e76493a/44504778763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db9c66c678431b82b9c05e8bf0df00f0/60487729358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75cc0b6106eb9449dc98aa6148c0b5cd/sapogifibuxabejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d65f348035---jamogatikamalavalojetaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/43691669908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e2c04ef6e82aa9c6bb8cddbda271608/guwulibutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bed37da199e---belosukesopejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/89939775197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/98740579364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada16ff2ae5---68849545090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2cbdf74415a7c4eb3a63f1e42c9f523/24303629038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/bixegatisidavopoxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc4e73d589---jexuwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/46329901391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/72636787647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dccc65377f---34507692251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d89fa9a0d002b2a3feb855de752253c1/vafubosorikaladadup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=forgot+apple+id+password+and+security+question+answersPDF 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_off0000f2a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A2 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 7d4dfb1a6975def76ef8884390660bca663c561f00ac956577e145475a9f9d37
font_01_sfnt_off00010c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C40 18460 bytes
SHA-256: 33f1bf36293ff717536772508d77b78dc6a36ece0885de4a29a256fcd771d7f5
font_02_sfnt_off00013cf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1