Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c10ce131da7f2b01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:13:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b4550f6e0214e87da58e940391862a20 SHA-1: df5fa1cc71a6ef50a15f57662e3a790617802fc5 SHA-256: c10ce131da7f2b01ef31a85a37471cf6279d6c05ac1ffa1df9bd65463fafdba0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff61e38be7---1005422699.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbm43d30c01hotabqn57872h8e/35739241578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b1884e86d---88691377650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///jisimebibinivetedibifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f3eea3f29---rutereterevujimufuvezozex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31cd46e4824f8cd2a1fefb128bc797aa/76424249465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/diwakivoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f40e8d1842---dexipoterurifejesurekaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3a2e1cae9---18849134816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgefamilyreunion.org/clients/86186/File/95160294340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixajumibifivotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611457ab178eb---87090682118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/8907105713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantacyhandicraft.com/userfiles/file/digox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cserepakciok.hu/xdata/file/jilapokimulomilufito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d984qqs84d84a48ajcn5ao27j6/panosapixazuvevavekeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7qf8f2bv9rjarmnnbhg94r4br/99552308112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/78331541339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817b819a6b6---zowebojeteforuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/zunejemunonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2a89200f8---relarunegixovimaniliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/862709820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/vibotijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870a0840307---kobunakokifebozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=albemarle+county+circuit+courtPDF 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_off0000de14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE14 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 32be15032f2b9d596b5fce1470d65e4d763fba1c8f7ccd61a8697a86b06149df
font_01_sfnt_off0000f624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF624 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 5cfd2487edb5de25c3a9dcb9f62bb122332fe999c823d3fe889bafcef6c0b495
font_02_sfnt_off0001252c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1