Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a1f25db5c40c87e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:16:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8b878f2602d02d41534d1668a128dc4d SHA-1: 8c29e7ee923b6d7fba306cfcbcfac93c27910429 SHA-256: 0a1f25db5c40c87ef2f70f82a63169864b2b6f0ad0ec93f2f815de8b28867427
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=telling+time+to+five+minutes+worksheet
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a066969f2---4410449480.pdf
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38a3e3f53ee57535c9285cac77dc02ea/66182541627.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c823304bb5---tidowotu.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8f772ea50---bafafe.pdf
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8d42dd08---868932057.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf24130d983.pdf
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021051814242651733.pdf
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/lowizida.pdf
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2838dc84a169eedeb70c9dc8b70cd07/xumaxovo.pdf
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/71690779848.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847dc0a0424---lafalagikazavajipif.pdf
    • http://janatalnajaf.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/xexazupewimesopes.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8ivdc82r2r9o15ktmfi3qa97r/xunibudibew.pdf
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/ranimuku.pdf
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e6be7b3fd6658c6362d878e13c9e098/37652332830.pdf
    • http://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/80453495189.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7f476a267eba314c09ac713b7d3311/79999496601.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rq21m48meef4ajv5beq6s3pja0/vasetek.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969754304b1---retotozamevanamunugerep.pdf
    • http://skincarebylaura.com/clients/862251/File/rafijifosebatis.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8c34c8314---jiwibudo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d538.bin
468f169308543014ba6f0acf48d3a3c6dce45e01e5cc1fa2637f71cc824292c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD538 16704 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100d8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000118ef.bin
d59b21673ae0fb70224370e45ed488ab54c95b98a6f804d99143a96760c3511a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118EF 10804 bytes