Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f7a6204a797573…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-08-03 05:48:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8841b5b0172c5bc4a6d0241991e71384 SHA-1: b0f23b4a976684d9bc33b11bfcbae5a9c9a327c7 SHA-256: c0f7a6204a797573caf930b00df5ed4e617f2b33ba45acc3152288883056a247
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/welufikotejov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070699a28089---ziwoxuzaxoxirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/viranituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083baa0d6e1f---28139732087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woods-china.cn/ci2/userfiles/files/20210618003238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/10028727986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zigzagontwerp.nl/sites/default/files/file/rodadebiposajafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://et-auditing.com/userfiles/files/zidopiwozolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/26983408284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ksp5fumtlvsk6udc29uftjb9di/44508464333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/sanokokogoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c7999226c---gusisunoseterefupofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b7df20102aa389cc39898034c90fc1d/pepirekitekuzefaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/mejevakexopinofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-4/20210504234958444020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be5e748e20---78642037417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78cad78be23e3369644488a661edcc14/16663436839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087638c23599---31627173013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/lujiwezuxozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/86024104162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/pewobatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/795315952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+character+reference+letter+for+employeePDF 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_off00010259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10259 16756 bytes
SHA-256: d4f426c307be97126c4ab7d4e594e5e52e08a6e167718a36526a317d1d5fd6e6
font_01_sfnt_off00012d60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D60 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 67dbac7aaaeaf6d589e2a0ad56a0289f7e2687ca269fd93e18d45259897427bc
font_02_sfnt_off0001465a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1465A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1