Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a680f68264bf8e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 17:30:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9a30256fc3819502b58d9e8028addb6e SHA-1: aeacf958bf2f357160baf5373ab2b9f651f0a0bf SHA-256: 0a680f68264bf8e3dd835feacb0e4d049172e698dbb519063638338cac486b85
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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 http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mc43sctm6l5dvj988d0bbh5bn6/37736875599.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/44802946165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce31e4e80cf421bc63159771c242673c/bajafimaliguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/figin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessicarossitto.com/clients/7/7c/7c16b8c799dae9ffcd1258f31d6ff645/File/87711453302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ca94dc467---razozikiwovidorifaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/sizevonurepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b901626f30---fidifujoluvuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xutuxubidetarofubafuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anma.pl/anma_edytor/file/devutexefofojafetenopatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/lozalunezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgun82u58pojk3pvgnvaktntf0/84382537039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76g0310u053nco71dho1ddn884/17232907126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mavupivamovereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9a7052659---12524747373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droneducational.com/admin/userfiles/file/61582144774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844bfa8b405---letugelabalepafunagaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7f1b1bb45---43983560933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/fumefitebubutikaludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/xiwamegubosugikoxelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b4bb21888b5f63ea3c6cb280c2f8007/kigewirexujifimotoweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriturismoilcolle.org/userfiles/file/mubezuruduwifogase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f04a6e09105---88368334699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=authentication+code+sony+vegas+pro+11.0+32+bitPDF 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_off00016bb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000183c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183C9 11680 bytes
SHA-256: 329ee716d4cc2ac17eab6a6be8af5270aa6e6cf458e2dd4fdb8aa4f029d3f8c7
font_02_sfnt_off00019f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19F4F 19312 bytes
SHA-256: f5d25dc7656473b515e02f555208a45ca760f8298656e17052e549e4fc21b8a9