Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a124e524426010a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:11:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1bfc705d95bbaea50e46f8369b901f13 SHA-1: f359d821bb300e252c96728d76bf26ea5d9abfbc SHA-256: 0a124e524426010ab99d24dd13e2d654836b84cb0c1d444a5ecc2f8ea89f7c5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially compromised, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3aa5844be---39023372619.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/sodaduvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b08d3575cc---52402426864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7cbcb38418---53188309290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/kutasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9ab80389cd---62507048909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42157524007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/83995551383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/134920413d6204ae58a2e078e309fe4c/zegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/59142000631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/49670917207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b951a64016f---70197477928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/zozizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/062e8a4d7ffcb810d9711300e46497d5/83660658508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///87208097677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f02583a9ae---54047282981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/pisuruwevurimoledowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7na4o46qh5040o0ke51812rdf3/92877202598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9135ae824f50bcde8719d4e39ecb9817/50439664094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/250a0c37a3297e33f087e509cf4254de/52380603548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlitalia.com/userfiles/files/62753649586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f50c07bb5f56eb303a9481b5db5363/ketagugejapevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c78b8e9665---zedoxatopatidukuguxijesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/lurixewamazujelitararos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c94dbd02fb71bae639922def57c3eb/fumakegezajiwovaxewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=biblical+story+of+judithPDF 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_off000107d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D8 16656 bytes
SHA-256: 8232d0431f9e95086a1aa1823354438fb7f50c120972e74f0f3692b9b86631fd
font_01_sfnt_off000132df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014af6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AF6 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 4d5f65b8d0916963fff362b514d2cd2238ae707709ae148c297834d3d760a84c