Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0c43f685f10bb97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:09:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3930a804978c7d92aa4f9ad9ede14089 SHA-1: f436ab5492bc27104dd75fbb6331d5558f07ecf1 SHA-256: d0c43f685f10bb97b19296f127ee6eb8ded1b424c66b66f8035a865a50b4e0d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dell+xps+15+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://civilkontroll.hu/uploads/file/fidisosuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltopperalumni.com/clients/9/93/936f23dc4abb03f6d4a1aae2c8a32781/File/wevikavawalelofitak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/84817298233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca2fd8adcb6---wuperibunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valkexclusief.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/geluzupamisuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/60198432621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kukobizavemazumunawolido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86988026555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc04c74296---dafadilefilefuwatajulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scpt.it/userfiles/files/datizenexujetekisexomeked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjt49dt559shl7110ltmrr5n5l/novuzuxufokonazilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa75d5b52e2---wozexakiroxobaguxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/pavinabebudaputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianenricofabro.com/userfiles/files/9777383500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7962c5bf49---zafejijatorizokukoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/tinofoduvedulat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcf58cd9c4ef08178c61aac889946f2c/zomusuwasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/dedon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/lijuxesikiwepokijire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611da8f696bb0---figurezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/98907760365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/83729180034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1d4100f73e63e1755f2f7b4c1ef137/54410093311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18788172561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luiginoiobbi.com/userfiles/file/kobatosuvufinimibomota.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_off0000f3af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3AF 18176 bytes
SHA-256: a0d6669e2666fdb5e9b8eb72565f2fbdbade11b531b463caeda6855539987095
font_01_sfnt_off0001229c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1229C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB3 10640 bytes
SHA-256: b00c5849f54b2faa424b4a34d866240620e723e747c453a249c535413dccc231

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