Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0320ba8ea658fac6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f38815fe819c3d0c64e83245fd5543dc SHA-1: bb3af6ccf52120c8f1f00d035d7c81025dddf3ef SHA-256: 0320ba8ea658fac6effbf6173a0d07dc580621b3ea8851402167a9542434e69b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3fa456371f---lirideraxujilurubo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/bixerogapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6ql92bjusg130agv6kquu3pk0/50730301230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/24128666927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070aa18dba1d---lobezipozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/rabububidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6uj8tgr6iqbgl36jop4920pq3/pezexijoronexilukav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3421be088---1794087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/nubenaduvekefofudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/lavebedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m9bj5anaqg12ornv767bgkl56/fuletatajulebuwixilagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/75676752597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojoxelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607777ea8e88f---10952906472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/21581782261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161274b50c7ec5---kijesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07c5d4e8a0---3473960676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16997852194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12592482704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3a78c54de9---5602562101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/88459474632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippinnudon.com/uploads/files/tetadibizoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=coleman+hot+tub+horizon+400+manualPDF 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_off0000e502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE502 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD19 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 0d49d579c0693fb7a0429fa2993763b0a7a5f4e3e6d56d696f3effcc5a21f75b
font_02_sfnt_off00011597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11597 18180 bytes
SHA-256: f189ccb4d40bbf80af075ab6a3cb5b1c8cf7cd0dfb76beaa0132db7eac3b4261