Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8a0c9ccb5a8309c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:54:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: bda2c0901915ed82e6848acdd14a3039 SHA-1: 6726022ef9bb971d5f8ca5d48204f6395744166c SHA-256: c8a0c9ccb5a8309c75032df7911f7717b4a4ce8ed84e38e8b78374aba49254c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, indicated by a high number of external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to distributing further malware or conducting phishing attacks. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to trick users into downloading malicious content.

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mortal+kombat+11+game+download+for+android+mobile PDF link annotation
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/74112699414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0ce9c978c961dc594396f0a31a5575/2214402065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3adb9debf9---furokorulivawebibebozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/51600749477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/10140318764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609734a212eaa---faxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0a2ddaa1e---wenejapilonivifobejix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gafezuvov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af36e03f3aeb9722b0f9093b6c151b9/gikenodikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54558e1a935d1266426eca6b90c8586f/53782031591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/6402344039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/66812879702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef41ac83731c00219ccdec3db8221457/77335360214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slippersymposium.com/clients/875641/File/wubozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5me4d3m7s981l77kt114tdbdhb/22814626580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf02364f2c---kilokuzewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc636d4950---83972783228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/40169152306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/pomixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asf1j6s7litqfbfq1u07o6f3q4/42253289628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcadc2a2d3f---dizugivasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t84bogmtrs4lnik2gpj3lenl4/15890460495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba4958aadb---xaboxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608a6e238bd67---kegokenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f71b9ec39---zekosuveraxobevam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3cb56ef21---2042010681.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_off0000f10d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10D 31380 bytes
SHA-256: a625747bce4403b0d39dde948be78b0856b87852eb0f7de1c0f5e5848a98930c
font_01_sfnt_off00012e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E55 10892 bytes
SHA-256: deb32af1ba10d7c2704d64ccd0a986d576e6ac852a2e8eebdda3a08c1cbe567b
font_02_sfnt_off00014772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14772 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1