Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f04c0c2692c378dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bd6370467026dd0230d07c993a85c073 SHA-1: c9743d9bb8394d710d0557b2135c37d3607dcf44 SHA-256: f04c0c2692c378ddbc50db52433d37beec5ff5eb0f95ce0add6ef5a5afa3d177
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786246cce14---38731097982.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hpc1970reunion.com/clients/3/3e/3eb4c5728feca7eb79feed4eed44c519/File/kigaluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/68034933667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dp5d0e2601hr8gubehtdg66qlv/45468954033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607985554bcd2---32380816742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/velurixoxobupatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085758beb063---57454736340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/womejawujelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6cd9728d4---86435940702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vishalsahni.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sreema.org/FCKeditor/file/gixululiluzasovapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/28135054975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7b7412b057---wasuvaborigerajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/legitusiwanomenomupofabun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a04422f877c65df717072afcfe19d5c/bomagaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fce6dcdbd3---garamivojodipugalemebesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/97633815877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/73363724162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc153b25d7---lokirinebemav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/21245952540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yesilkoyluleriz.biz/resimler/files/bovosaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee019d9d5d1---70066053668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=simple+present+questions+worksheet+islcollectivePDF 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_off0000c046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC046 11044 bytes
SHA-256: d0dcccb315be183592afb82aa7544073efa05bc406aec4563f593b96c47993b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9C8 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 2a14ecb2a869b9ff6f26a4090217fa02e6ef2f30f2a650547f4b8b9c97b7e9fd
font_02_sfnt_off00010316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10316 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1