Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a5ffa6db370dcc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 16:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8d7f58d4c6419ad70ebb5818d5ed0aac SHA-1: ae67817f91e7a48ff3dcc49d84317362c9a08f1b SHA-256: 0a5ffa6db370dcc77987bf7e23923b2fc443923e43792c7e6e0607de91857db5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests an attempt at SEO manipulation to lure unsuspecting users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+walmart+hours+christmas+eve PDF link annotation
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/lujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e568af06a---watowotaniniro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/553477567608a95696b6e1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armenia4d.com/contents//files/54464246315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketemivebasazodupadavigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82d17cbd9d---bupewadodejixirateramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4d2c6336ca3f30402e617588950f418/56383709661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/jopedisuvuwazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd556f39235---babopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c208dcf024---20844250476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610685a1a2573---lesopavuxemudodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c67ef233b---37991946126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0ba0b91a4---45590077758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lhorizon.ca/uploadHorizon/file/5867627266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aefbc225c48---50539889778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodchemsino.com/d/files/29545483219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608065008cb27---64489333629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b6a63174479c38326dfaecd22c14a9d/monolerogaxixatudezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/busibujajufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/98993155177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/rafajobekabowuwemazuwabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771c1db49bd---jekofufinajejile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///30025123382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/movagokika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbe7ee6a74---fidomudetekutawilafufiwo.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_off0000e727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE727 17604 bytes
SHA-256: f7264b5d1b8203e106fd0805cc1326b3262dbe04529435e775a610a73a8a48f7
font_01_sfnt_off000114d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D3 10636 bytes
SHA-256: d58a6905aa2e439a476cfbd6b0b30fc13a3f46cdfee0c73d46ba0657ccf05e0f
font_02_sfnt_off00012d42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1