Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a356dcb3f5f202a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-20 02:09:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ce39df13f3d37515639d858112b7de5f SHA-1: 295362ac8d305100d5c4eb1bf222131667fdaa5e SHA-256: 0a356dcb3f5f202a289da0723c8f8d7b599bcba2bf3dac6fbf9092e1b054ee09
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of these links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a5522e92d---40072917091.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce3711c465---gazojizexejadejubufove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/fotudaxigikuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowitech.vn/upload/files/95287343692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/78660620132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noticky.net/akce/fotky/file/xixelimodifeniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhz.cz/user-files/dejuguvafamimufedivarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/kabipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e08e39298c---bipadabeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vangphugia.com/userfiles/file/jetawojufigusemilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/ritisepuriseduguvufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87a5a042e659e4373da94f3931823405/vudogejawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tjb2vgvlri35qmp4hphmdnja3/wuwutemimekopamerijudurax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dgtrans.co.th/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobisunofumegutusupukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210819_220638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32418555340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46926518840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7c05562cdd---mebibobasatijifakinikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/695bfccaef324211bb3bcbff9a76cbaa/70226628044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/41311938886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khochailo.com/upload/ck/files/bamumasota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/89776724043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b052d57873---5840166390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea320f02c53cf8e3d07cf32f83513259/govezabobidadamabasexowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa727ee8aa0---57886087008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cursive+writing+capital+letters+a+to+z+pdfPDF 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_off0000f340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF340 17004 bytes
SHA-256: 58ed6bb0e9f6c2675dcd91d00be965f5e34a37edcfc631823deaa3f3f2135423
font_01_sfnt_off00011f73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001378a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1378A 11136 bytes
SHA-256: cc016c6f71e0ac90d16f582e1ebd948970c1158d315b681934ffdd8b9fb70f48