Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00fba1792e24099b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 04:02:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8d35266ca4f81bbc107e08a8d4016956 SHA-1: 7904474231c8fc5aac2da1ce9b0b8b5a7ccb9044 SHA-256: 00fba1792e24099bd89d155d461d90580431c9e28c864e33f854982182a7168b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+epson+l220+ink+pad+error PDF link annotation
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigoxumapebolupebezapowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609185cda32cc---kanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei7ve9tcfdfjo61eet8lhrele0/nufujuxapitodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/gizuvodiwunowoxunem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/wegogomibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/89581837902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d881115de5---wijoxavufezeboxinuzofeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qe8n7b71cpftfho65itbi418a9/7235730885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/66563017965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac94e4eb9b---92217833354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogitusaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/xemuminode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf5ce96cd---vusinazedonapona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resurrection-life.net/userfiles/files/68313083553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf4e702bf1a632ecb6f4ee09463e1613/34190354506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4ba92b90d---94749699025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30d9c9ff3f3140df389bc6e59683d67e/tapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2758ea89a8---fuzinomuxokoxufiranaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bb25cac618d0c819ad10fd6b8f9355c/25609073656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/bonaxedudenipomojuvori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778fa870df4---84509251936.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_off0000f5bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5BB 17748 bytes
SHA-256: a5368b8f5da8a0f3ace44600621e80ee53d866fc73fc157fbcdd4510803c4bec
font_01_sfnt_off00012496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12496 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 86907f3862365537f7bc1af7bf2be6b9d89f68e47b557950a19e4bec3a6b11ab
font_02_sfnt_off00013da4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1