Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05f466caf9383b8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:47:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ad0317b911109cd6cef0785fe80aab6d SHA-1: 26a566bf4eca82e0d8c0a76e6218928da6bb3713 SHA-256: 05f466caf9383b8c55df2d3a12bd3a77886217ba987ac2729768487a26688510
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm and a phishing attempt, with a high ML score and ClamAV detection. The embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a tactic to host malicious files. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823ef8e2057---90553639849.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8278cd55124de84aaca2b700dd3ae9f/kanovatipunuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fd2517b05---lonomemuwolubaguvusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93c4bb1577cab33c0f0a0280067e96d/nufonajugatopukodarebudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14960570823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/40388188095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f303d986c77---jekipebuzorudofitukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/dikegadakipurifuzuporifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853d1e5f840---ramibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609142000d48d---tabamosuzazenoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/xejirelazapiwijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6muumucv84dd0ekjikanmahgst/feberof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be59f1e3da1306dfc59e012aa4c29ad/dakijixukusisaxekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc788e0070fafac25b2eb0572d1ea6f/12826045516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4693775b5b490295a1511d9ff35797bb/gaxasufolaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611989f033219---40176712881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pauseforserenity.com/clients/1/10/1002a5d8b3740fc7390aa1937d1ec3ed/File/migadefenobotolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/sebotorureluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8183b9f55---nizobedutevuzakuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilmercatinosottocasa.com/file/tobetofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/vumuruturejabitevonujoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/237f69acce44f6088c6654a08dcc3e50/37510472197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/1413334012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ikea+malm+assembly+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_off0000ca0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA0B 16620 bytes
SHA-256: 33edf1521b441c6e9f7680024aac45484457114ff9a89907d9510609b151f3e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD0 10256 bytes
SHA-256: 1a46e7593a13119baadb84ea3ce3bca777af8950c8ad2e33fbda7ef37d8e603e