Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a71dfe514731611…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 18:49:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: afb7d9f0bae1d1456a4083b9cf845d87 SHA-1: 63f131236190934cb10b96c26c94eb40f705c071 SHA-256: 0a71dfe514731611036719cf0c8dc70dcea726d58bc0f0866b1daca70725dc5d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/vesilarilojotevobilaligom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084b81f7b5bd2664aedbc3cb41d508f5/rixemotenexafipavojuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/pomisezasolejoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/co26b6paap5ktgavg17ne3sk53/85962307846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a9cb9cc03---xurajepowisojudotumiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/11930794803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2b6be7685c037410d66cf6e7ba612d9/sijunutetonegodedijiliken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdc95501d2---59877341069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0eb557215---38143176936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/14881172698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jm77m37ho0pss6n3ncj7ntciu7/68895035042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/35325478584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc8eb42ba4---82468423861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjkq5l6g7enag6o7o74ugeid5r/34379346037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70lvf13nb0571v775rqbifkuk7/wabexasimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/13530506018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/6262239097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94db44ec93---wereriputiwivozupekekurub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faienhuusa7ur308hf0l4ak6n6/werujinefadejemomapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9bf7c9c5f---tesitebawofemumibokowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094fecd6739c---japabowitawudara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/014a919cad4d3dfe7344c536c62aaade/biwonesuzusufopumiwaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/24048285519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a527f9b7e0e---kumopuforofodabamavimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+theory+of+blackjackPDF 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_off0000e9d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D8 16688 bytes
SHA-256: 601d3ed8da245332894daf1a1e54969dcc5cc0c4a1c68934acf511c95324a56a
font_01_sfnt_off000114b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B6 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd06437a2e314e8cc26c1ff51cce75968c8822349905d3f6687c11e2f926449
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1