Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a0ef806dcdbe0ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:36:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d5ef1d43faacc539413e3437b0264eef SHA-1: f44e18a8f9c3953a1e468db33283c4e635673db0 SHA-256: 0a0ef806dcdbe0add5e5beb2d8012510f3c6fe240764cc02dc27aacccc5c6125
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or utilize WordPress plugin vulnerabilities. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to these malicious sites, likely for phishing or to serve further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chicago+style+format+paper+example PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be4f98b44c---99606853151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607faf1bf0e1a---wimama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebf013b63d---83506906858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/bivilubaniwusozezowoxexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/4928253088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c29bba6b26b1e182f711c8a96d692d1/66276911046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87396169434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9e247c83d970503800f5c55b9644f54/60206156905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609452cd34cf0---89757618315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90302272226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/40255649563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/95088397852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9635164ce1---81312349011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cc8k6vrsap3tu49l1fvuuu3h7/76870537674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donemumikivuvamelofato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79aca51bf4425a3151ee5b21a2f7aac3/fobosuduwemilijojulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/17561000556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/fuzusovipebulolarojupafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc0fbc5eba62d5192ff9dcd296fdd289/pexusotunofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729fa176f98---42984637573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf7e02032f---wagiwevokuvatekuluwosevaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886e1fbe81d---63599713833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/desudoxudotakowizimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d8b0b61ca8093cba7112220b8297c7/sulogezono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901cbdc9c62---17995180930.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_off0000ed47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010559.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10559 16964 bytes
SHA-256: ceb4ee85c8fc5ff60b66ec2ff292a3b0f7a8ac1524604d7a3fb784328721a95f
font_02_sfnt_off000131cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131CD 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 1592d675ecf612e253b8cf321a37fa556af1872fad9bfbec589fc6a6c7c99ca0