Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0093573a1707233c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:32:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fc78ea48a226773c0471f9de72076a4a SHA-1: 1c752950e1bd7e3cb58b11a11f6fecd4d5bf248f SHA-256: 0093573a1707233cbe47e564a7e188d5f1a617501a65f33226ba14ab554517de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing campaign aiming to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a81d2564c---18408991764.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd8d6de6e3d3c41bcae6f9fa3b841d7/nibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/28109731860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ac52062e0---93084011484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/soposafelasaxafutuzuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608079e2da28d---jiwesemujasuvazigesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720972d6e61---38949045729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c865ac19c4---53596822809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddac7f1275---dufadidusizonuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/palinovivibuvije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/432a5121e19c5fa15ea8406d32888ca6/44877021167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758645a1fc5---bowozosetinasixavijebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/4030545386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68782122465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0c993b5a9---xiwawolumebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/94587325463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://room12shio4.com/contents//files/ranimiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797a62ce91e---38788309857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c8625ad6776af1fd36c9659afd096b3/43993254730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863aa5cc182---82429822189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljuqd34searof8d0armka93fr7/36459902582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4598f3a6c---duwijokaxudogesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/jaraposike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ad875f81ecc15230795d32e5734cfd7/42722795532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=deal+with+it+meaningPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c566f0ebad2---59577471395.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_off00011c5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5D 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 59e3c4366ea5dd9b445c8a2a198a16996440dcbc2b486c5720fdd9b4b8d437f6
font_01_sfnt_off000149b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149B7 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 20b1f66bd8d94fea870a7337008f789763b6f17f9f0f56391c9295ae4bc8a136
font_02_sfnt_off0001609b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1609B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1