Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c10cfcdff3cc7cea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 00:16:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5c141306f3cdc6d3319ef88f6c320aef SHA-1: 6e9a7abbdeedbf00f25e8193c33ae1bb8107bf8a SHA-256: c10cfcdff3cc7ceaff494a81e4a20ffe764aab3ed8291562cfe5a5e0cae07711
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for credential harvesting or further infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bba+entrance+exam+sample+papers+pdf
    • http://fondationmonetoile.org/clients/0/0e/0ecfe6182781ff486fe5156d2e85c11d/File/70739218241.pdf
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/golorabuwaw.pdf
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f0b3c0563b8f1637fc76114a8a880c2/gawilijemum.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ff72eaf6c---24341607441.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/1130117532.pdf
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okp2fchmp6agi9t4aj3370g7pm/lawikuwowufipazufunewi.pdf
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f25444736---92098752878.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95e65576f7---kosejibopawin.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a88e21fb457b5e9e126da6e2187129/15037109059.pdf
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///sijimibugedif.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v55edsar6vtgiql76ccjhj5hh1/72345579871.pdf
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24197b1fe9acff620e79094662888818/62154926080.pdf
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wagasesilaraseki.pdf
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/kuvotuvawekoz.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f1b1b059e4727a44f3ba4f2dabf2c59/womenebolibajapevutalu.pdf
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/dobijujil.pdf
    • http://williamshudson.org/clients/3/35/35bf74ce48b5c120232fd40fb4fe3e45/File/xesavafimudemutajukapogo.pdf
    • http://hms31.ru/img/file/tabokonigizin.pdf
    • https://oklasik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32423495358.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d3s223nbptur6qciqnku2i4mc/66532660235.pdf
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/duzuxavowa.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d4c68d1c1---14122675261.pdf
    • http://stadiumhighschoolclassof1965.com/clients/0/00/0080f9a3d0f10e930bcfc39f0a940e94/File/nobeliwinotudazogexeli.pdf
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/40374248023.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f7bb6004f---liwokamaginufoxiwijabel.pdf
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/39295242988.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f574.bin
a2ac14b74714c5e6b71ed8507dd0c2f2e618b708fef9b824c00356bfa9ab817a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF574 17628 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000123f1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c08.bin
cfce5c6b185f9089bd9f597e3c900ba8cb940fc4fa70c03ab1d73568b0834668
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C08 10864 bytes