Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c10f00f249cdc4bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:53:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 23398d0e6682cd18634f4efe2e0cea81 SHA-1: 0af01fa1c1f09c56359479ce6996207d7a07823e SHA-256: c10f00f249cdc4bb5312a66b2c4f6cb20ff5b93f6eae707d2ff3b04b12d90b00
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, many of which host other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0dc8232f5---pebuxurajuromobojib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b435dc0fa9628c98a41093c540f4a875/lulolape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcemsp.org/upload/editor/file/xavivegutaxasili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767fba968ee---dimisigavufobiduvaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfanchem.com/upload/files/keleritu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210725_020323.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/77743254966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909fa933ad1---xopiwidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec38e92408---xotimufekuriwobalobogubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3fcb220c5---mopizudutufezoparazulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51cd0acd427964f0d83f84560402884e/44422241617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwimomupinatixenajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960eefe0a18---10480729974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47ef5ea032---sozol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogulilegazunikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/75403871017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zajazd-broadway.pl/galeria/file/tulosejuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/73057460770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/jiteduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5289022203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/49149009790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54208170144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/geg2g3fl6rqr8en33erfaeeje4/pizorenilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/90026508689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+was+the+purpose+of+the+fourteenth+amendmentPDF link annotation
    • https://cakamuzejs.riga.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunamiratenigofodukikeg.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_off0000e1b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B1 19092 bytes
SHA-256: e41d34a87353a972186563d9385a94ec64ce11d23559c0dfc44b80db82e70586
font_01_sfnt_off000111c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D7 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 7e9211140c87da5fc8278e63c428c1ea3f0ccefd1137b27bb556f9aa9c4cd42e