Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c301da32ab60d4e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 01:23:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4e261ec36e8e33a219458a4eb9694d11 SHA-1: b08439ef8de05bfe149b6732aa0ac0e2d6786c50 SHA-256: c301da32ab60d4e7388b6684c72a7f6432aef844b4cdda8045e3d1cfc0c1c82d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics and embedded URLs suggests an attempt to direct users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with common phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://retta-bg.com/userfiles/gikudusanuloroj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/mifufirinetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797c1de32d3---5060284811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cef5536213f5904808210b61fdfb8c3/74638990110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607248d8b66d3---78263697400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/felenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b8c5201a4---42649549846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81518e1e9799cf966dedffffb16d1f39/20513284208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609babbdefa0c---65024341004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae3d873a32---jejixutoxasulamumujezoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d1624efb6c09d5f4970a6da9792cf1/guvela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/mivadabojomodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterani-pushkino.ru/userfiles/files/30107475403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madveras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27483820340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d62fea779202a144111a1f5a54f6cdf/vabururitanof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdac0c5be1a---kovujeronazasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqabds09tsadupfr5l8bbdqkln/buwalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobas.cz/userfiles/file/35345699948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ec992f0d8---sujibokeminewupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/geziziwosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/42233111516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b923780ae78---kabogasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/tipuvujediwixobutogedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/28054372792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7nt774gglthbmfru389e4ddi3/bitekediwovopejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2890923242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=download+spotify+premium+gratis+versi+terbaruPDF 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_off0000efe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F3 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 807292a841278cd12cc8ae3de500783dc50cbc24e6cf3c732d8073de18d6c092
font_02_sfnt_off00013355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13355 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 1c9b9de05fdc41e297ca96212e3a0edddcc0e2dca203f4fd6e404e29ac37ee44