Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a3f6a1dc06fb200…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 14:08:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f7b096560dfdf1908d5aaf2932c873a7 SHA-1: 9700ac16930aae48d08078e9e35c492ad70e4a87 SHA-256: 0a3f6a1dc06fb2000e33b8c82981fa7ed2c08fd21200acae36d6e745f0ec8eec
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URIs and compromised CMS upload links strongly supports its role in a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+take+a+toilet+out PDF link annotation
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b46c291f0---fozojagude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2iek2cc00l1pf0tpfrpdbn3ao8/fuxejipotilunefodixoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f0cf5b190---zixabirimoladokodafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/39529009569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8leg4f8ccias7v1dsbglhvpu6j/refijowojowuduludazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfafb9745fc---vaderagumasagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021051607505860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/satelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/bijetimelejegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d10abe988---83596982540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af2e0a77088---4659591123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/gomuzavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/573b0a6b7bf00cbbea04718b9fbf9084/joviromobaduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a3b040016---vubibatizejasir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/pepitodufuviveletilira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meta-min.com/files/lofujomunosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd9adb25abfb035602d5e6af76a3452/97530972959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832a818b261---89990508143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/40828621536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63a8a8230ab9b127fa1db523bb9b5711/95653378072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3ed66c1ede---renusorakijibolefum.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mimpishiosatu.com/contents//files/9914163005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1910d4ac7---81906426889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea42901b7b4121d657f559264ef367bf/jixenaw.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_off0000f3a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A5 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 516f6edbd04e74f9b56e38b5d3701c2f38ee60742daad84dc07e37fe88ec16de
font_01_sfnt_off00010acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACF 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 32603e8eb3d8fc81855254b44fec489050fa731692d1443990b4e459511b3a0f
font_02_sfnt_off00013647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13647 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1