Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c10a99585f866bff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-17 22:16:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8d63f3f6303bb6f07d8dcaad9dd81ce8 SHA-1: babda22428f4e7fe80729da208d7d72d1dead613 SHA-256: c10a99585f866bff3509844435ada3a5993d8b317cd85efb546f97b1714feb98
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a QR code lure and callback lure heuristics further supports a phishing pretext. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021062409532312.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06fd31837e31c6ec58c65bdd6b3c4604/jolafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b094e862838---22824441849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/mojebinuzinop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/4349720272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejinezonizulaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/nopugemuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/49543820734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c27a5eb03d---23070452230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/38703428368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ate9r6ee6o8gpg25ns8hhakpqh/33640385745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/95810326332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/556239258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianmosaicnyc.com/userfiles/file/37830457938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a2cd50c4a026867177523a86c5c6a8/riwometuxozizemoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210629_E63BBD27C39EBD78.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e0dea3ecb7---96704699816.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/jibozunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/votenowogazirevise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof1971.com/clients/74120/File/92029582596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae8uloqol22467gq35i0phus5k/83099489718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekaretebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/24089939797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63ama6djb8tsopbt7oh4crc75m/37654572608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9b6bdac03f---73677517336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=design+of+machinery+4th+edition+solution+manual+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1FB 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 78919b8995cffefa7b4d7a86edaf20d6a54ae4af8efa1a6ba078ee4ae1c35f2a
font_02_sfnt_off00010cc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC9 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 7e63ccf00bbd51f592edd0cc9971cf5ba498adf12867432897a207859e7902eb
font_03_sfnt_off0001273d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1273D 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 6e0b4c58e91183af1d6df294575ec51e5f36f362c1535f5c861c9a32d1b848fa