Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a2b905b43a18f78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-08-24 22:31:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e4f522fe584d67df3144229c7ca6485a SHA-1: 59b6ce671d8b74437b1d49f85dc6f27416939e32 SHA-256: 0a2b905b43a18f78c907ba0e4164f0c9385c9161fc38771c00d58b3178fe620a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely contains malicious content. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm indicators strongly supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9108

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/ribiwa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/57429484443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a605d5df469f8328e32c14e585fe98e/gumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevelascofamily.com/clients/11614/File/2196962822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/64064241208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfengly.dk/skoleportalen/userfiles/file/14009819089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2be4b1871---36652158966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.multilandtours.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43079961632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleel.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8v3e0qbbvj86su2iuei54lhqom/mevizepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/56865312597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991548f13be---85185973288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///44158699017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tewituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dfe210fcb---9936245487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f37fd1b2b---95070333432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/3790460195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0260f1b33f306d0ea172d23955bb09a1/62406249247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkt2gb6hiqtuioqf9gm626sdk8/99847807646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ef6329270---58184861031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tkuqckcoue8gdm7r2h6vie3ef/3055342453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11787735664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607329632a30f---xedomexigobidapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suchanekstomatolog.pl/files/file/75281662003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tresonance.org/uploadfiles/28458279646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+comments+on+a+word+documentPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE9C 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 322ae44a09f9715bbd276d74cf69f7db0c2a03597f7ef92191288ade6666cf83