Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f59b3d8f8d418a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-28 10:49:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0543f03a949fe68f6871573d1f4142af SHA-1: 2f4ac17954d72affe69ea8d23651f3be9e34bd20 SHA-256: c0f59b3d8f8d418a5632ff228d1ef02e97e0dac28e9d5b09aebb62bd35d405aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links redirect to other PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage redirection or download process. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to a malicious document designed to lure users through indirect links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpb8s1jf07ia9uqck7as76f1d4/ronip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/pudosuxiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/28558435513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a146a045c---64161950794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609faa8493e3f---wawoladonegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daycamhoa.net/upload/UploadFiles/files/xukeveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jvcc.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2107171253258182695pa38.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/69619696303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/90961583392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balarampurblock.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49568005435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/48145399131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/bojubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01fc9db7074589e015112b5feaefa54/42544730710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/84516145903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d22e25af47424ce4f2b6574ad4f6387b/77889990425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e75eef929480cf0e606ca76cf2d269a2/362960296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e0ef8bab7358733c083138f73ee139/rixofumidasudof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/zodapasadewifuxavarolat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/gujopuwinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/2696516437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6d5193e773---72029250979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ie8o632djtqfb9v3br49pbin6l/tisamijejodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c25b8fec7---89674700077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13c51a6791---6528809560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce6e45860f---sitedimawosel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=classification+of+living+things+worksheet+7th+grade+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_off0000eb78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001038f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038F 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 7d845b64639a31e9c40e6ca0fcd6f4e08d1c324fc354565d98204b147adef73b
font_02_sfnt_off00011db9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB9 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 998c3d98b890329f8530beb76e720b5621525c290fd34f0aa28c4475843380b8