Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0fc5011bc004244…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 11:22:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bf8973ff371412f9390f5d71012ebe1b SHA-1: f08ddeb2591c0e2fb4ea8a0ca73650e46d9133a4 SHA-256: c0fc5011bc00424402eb82f4f41172f32c803a446eeea5a781ae41c94a6bde53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites, likely distributed as a spearphishing attachment. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=battery+fix+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/72080888572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/gepofukotivijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2975d90213f88c7176935b9859f3c6cb/vasunulavepezotejakakur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b81191d4c---wozoxuwudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsahimmongol.com/uploads/images/files/62851000308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/63859325877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/47120855892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alles-vom-schreiner.de/userfiles/file/33470666991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/31033175261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinge168.com/uploads/files/20210914151052_595649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/43377306147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cd4710634f---peninafawuwilarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c2f1545341---45424915383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458d70637bcfc4bff959ebd557b60371/62371066111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultemergingmarkets.cubsindia.com/files/47126746784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/xixemofojebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147db742e0b3---58536562528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/974ed6c4b8d1c075b540acdadc66195b/36737150564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaitofu.com/image/upload/File/70516965997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loweretopese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermovi.com/userfiles/files/mokezesuteguwoneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k3projekt.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/mitarigowerubuginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmbarrenetxea.soinuenea.eus/files/galeria/files/relojedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/vurudesapemonusupuzisude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161476eaa5c5e5---zogarimixurive.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_off0000ca5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e26d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26D 17364 bytes
SHA-256: bca3a4a4dc75e31f1262dd0ced307a516c7ff8a1295df1e722061a4e3e20ddc3
font_02_sfnt_off00010fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBD 10272 bytes
SHA-256: d1a4ce88c41793b36047635a513e610d3335d36192c4dade264613483f1ccbcc