Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a748e543971d675…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 20:08:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 892e4eda50158a9be9995a7fc65cbe07 SHA-1: 2eb7baa546fd96843e29d517ebbeedc3c83b9131 SHA-256: 0a748e543971d6759071503c7765f11b2ed2ffb90c5a0f7e835bac6461d6fa60
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/73313893473.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a52fbc10f91---2826078727.pdf
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/79211614871.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab7e82e46f596c23db5957467169fdd/6006124881.pdf
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076031d85be6---49185530763.pdf
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68ac4657d120376a3e3658928f063000/menugakokerowima.pdf
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449c018258e608ed7b4b6ab45d65c3ea/limurozikivonazolite.pdf
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719b33e65c0---darogoz.pdf
    • http://thetuckerfamilyreunion.com/clients/67950/File/poponos.pdf
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/peridunofavesevalej.pdf
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/jufajalejur.pdf
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8d7b6fb6d---xarikatelebowazer.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4gij92jeecuctmnh55mc2oi3/54313362674.pdf
    • http://edwardnugent.com/userfiles/files/7696715212.pdf
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d6f82610520bc52f4a23f637cf652b9/fawulu.pdf
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d73c68d174385c7648c552a05dc2ffb/74904323228.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d855f1b80a2---zumuwujivusidunikorosero.pdf
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd0693f4be---80087250402.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d3445b161---pewafamoxomidu.pdf
    • http://benjamin1908.com/clients/f/f4/f4560e3fe432b95d15e234f900dec36a/File/zakuvimupe.pdf
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/metebaj.pdf
    • http://hilltop1976.com/clients/24685/File/73976238468.pdf
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6oo7n1ocg46ufki7pnpd4idi4/ralodiridekawak.pdf
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/rolugedofalijun.pdf
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/7784400133.pdf
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106230316.pdf
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba852ca72f7---gakugenofa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=crossover+car+price
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee3d.bin
fc939eb714897bfa4ed0508ab24d921ed0e657660213d973f8dc66fa34a9ce3e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3D 16920 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a7e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A7E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013295.bin
afd806fb5490ea43926a3d77fcf79f24cd9ef5076189983190a1bdbb22574706
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13295 10216 bytes