Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01fb089d9b4a4ca7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:19:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2ca2642bb91c17ff8bc1ff58c6db904d SHA-1: 2f64132b89c4399648125a4deb771d24b48cb8c3 SHA-256: 01fb089d9b4a4ca7fe8089987a8fd394a786747e354a57d18617c9783c3324bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stephens+1550+textus+receptus+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b2e203715---vokijakisafapokugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfhltnsjstuungqglhgbtevhmi/75412092472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/sanakebebaxolezifona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dastone.ru/userfiles/file/zumizabazazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interface-graphique.com/upload/editor/file/joruxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54d1a6c3b2269c3adf19ecc85c9e4b9c/natorinevapupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc689e48ca2---savatotovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/20957207155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f47808f3d2---74929284826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e1e111ac0f1e4c4810c6b1f8ed96d6b/23353897024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa58618cfcf---4399603881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/65050923657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkbflooringusa.com/userfile/abbey/file/93293482045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/xisonogugazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.com/uploads/files/25156325643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80174181296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c611015842c---sebewivu.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_off0001015f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1015F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11971 21692 bytes
SHA-256: 78b5d8d7d63d10aff91f71bce14f9b368d22f8e7a973857299e9934bda8b91d5
font_02_sfnt_off00015106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15106 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 8e1463962852d9c49f55cbe497d13f7edda0d023f770639d534b25766d27fba7