Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00f62531aa411899…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:18:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 90c0d0da65dd103175721588cd4336be SHA-1: eac7fc2432365b850bb64a318ca75a4b97268da2 SHA-256: 00f62531aa411899e621084e674d9af74a370f570dec9f3180de47eca72c3b38
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the true destination and leverage potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0e9f474e15b58afb3faa14eac0c3d8/debozelipomem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c902e9ecb38---35138911027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/likejezaludomuxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-vietnam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/zujuviweravefeniguzixuren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/83114108720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/30983484879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/70456905175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/lejaxojobemenoxinuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719fea2ada5---21474682542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/14995034128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/regimurotepotiluzaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/tixajaluvezokamalijitegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3dfed56d3ed27bc52ccb30fdf2da48/rufeveduzizajufazuginewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/dodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/44051887395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/tezerajow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087af01736a8---18777934013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bf4291d4d---94223312968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ca4ee347f---neguzajezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a87639d698b10e91216c69c2225db1b/75471577310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumoinoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukasotezesezugojulutep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb27669ec76---46049485800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/pifebewejibopewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=surviving+pablo+escobar+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000cda8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BA 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 64161d4f251997e40acdc5db97e2001ba6a7d0bad46295baac41f8affe99e868
font_02_sfnt_off000114fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114FD 11172 bytes
SHA-256: fe460ac9bd5b3e94977181ff4ca128c4a8303fc9100e174fdfcb9bd81cedf2c4