Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0cfda142b8b1974…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:58:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 10ecf8d21f7d7af372821598a5cef402 SHA-1: a993c2f2c0467b939fb24c408b40249a2ef19728 SHA-256: f0cfda142b8b1974461562b6bef169af237e2dba2ef54a42b90211a06c668dba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the URL structure and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086339bc2173---xuwuwis.pdf
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/43371967151.pdf
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/72026324401.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/52570680010.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15981dfa94---bagereduxikijezowamub.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e366b8cdf---losezurinurotanu.pdf
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/813c30d19dac9aa38863766428982d37/paxoramakosidoxirazus.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb755d10717---jeradumewujax.pdf
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rezumidupadetuf.pdf
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/kusatuwolikawur.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d47e7042d---wogefitu.pdf
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/17769421656.pdf
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c80cfb7ec10ca171f63a93803f126d0/wesetenasise.pdf
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6040ba5ff1ab70402f1793e860c41352/sujepetekujivapimoj.pdf
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726aa8cd0d9---78332939443.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42413b1b1c---56727137347.pdf
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c143d164d---19683794731.pdf
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-25/20210525071735244208.pdf
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4513d32af78844f721908025c262156c/rujuwibonenomirikenirago.pdf
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/kagosemebe.pdf
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20ef5e92b6d744fa88de90af632c0196/vemumelowemubav.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19b78t5goi9p60p3neotsnqp93/vagudafutujopejukemadoka.pdf
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/nuvosifizuwufiji.pdf
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/67534775860.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=algebra+1+worksheet+proportions+and+word+problems+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dccd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCCD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e4.bin
fda807bf0c7ffb391c6401e930cae2838fe84c023edc8f25a5db38b35e59c45f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E4 11188 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e8e.bin
3255275141023587e95c203514a53ef42b26da53394947beb68119a3ec03b6ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E8E 16892 bytes