Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0141b8e339f9ef39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 08:24:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 04381ea43636b3a66063d3e2a14114aa SHA-1: 1eaa583e9fda105316e52ceaebfce4f7897d5585 SHA-256: 0141b8e339f9ef39201a4bc952e64da89627c3c43c52bf59c56f485294f1ee08
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+fifa+points PDF link annotation
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2a537010d8931af77c41dfcbf9cd43b/40800171806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/26896804926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077653dc81fc---37064752044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/139ac5280f64d0c1e849742006f49ddd/gemizaxuxaponifesoluxarod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d807befb0---vatigukudesofowujatene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulongvungtau.com/media/ftp/file/37218125552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/9967041886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607522ec79eeb---3648421034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/is6ud2taodg97kkkdtn4h7lbee/25223688541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d6afac000---24226969557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8b48de7eeb03cda18eda9e31486eb5a/bowutiwerewibexowisiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/8975691979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9r962r7oq8966713ud6lmao0fl/11152057248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/pokikevejubivafegibatix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdacd94812be63ef84d732f2a4608090/750661887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/71943603486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e94e91101e---moxelazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e63a48245---vipemugujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/memeloripujajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730d30afb6a---jupejadatawexevetidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/kipodebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a8c1795e6afe5328d3497f34d63cb5e/51591727587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/xatunarudaxo.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_off0000ed7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10595 10564 bytes
SHA-256: dcddd0128b8941f426b1f65f827a1c8a84bd662b66ff8b04c5e1735c97e8975f
font_02_sfnt_off00011ddc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDC 16784 bytes
SHA-256: ea181318e3622c1676ee0b3bea4b9bfe6740f1fe819721409806de22155b1a71