Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a75c976bf735db6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 21:50:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5b2702720968c509083dca712c304fe4 SHA-1: c4a6519008e0e2e9e3c83559129fe1c0515585b9 SHA-256: 0a75c976bf735db656799ac34b4120e9644414cd15cebe281f2eb0c09c77f16c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters further support the interpretation of a phishing or spam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/42414565030.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3f9e3cca04e54343f1f1ae99859a30e/68151676760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c982b7001---93533366734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a1f46cfa6015ec9186e0f8964f892a/88013887725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b23a417bd---vizepemawolesusoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/88028930781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1s7b74ul9elekire980fba9i2/17523678245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83f718e59---woviloxojiromegefiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/subagutapudar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c60f624ab805d3f073b7aa86b0e6dc99/50083516656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/zupagikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rd8e680f1409ebqm0s7uh7r754/xilovimorufometobiwolodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b001e0dc062---76932236106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/15924562729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/26266754434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/kukunodedejotozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/susagilaxitogibir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/gokoboludowebejixobonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/99269009940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/65727773481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u72ir3h2qnilid0e66e1ijej63/70148556922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ied6krducq6jpt03slcsm18cug/57428023070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/14678198726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/buhhrpr6u673d17b9mvseohil4/95894224400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/16091043546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608693ef8870b---netejovasigepasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/sujusegesawevivasiduret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=girl+by+jamaica+pdfPDF 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_off00010082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10082 18116 bytes
SHA-256: c86cba2cc5304f903df1256890b0a6f85438b74dd3b5faa561ce46d138c8ad36
font_01_sfnt_off00012f19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14730 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 62720835cc928284fa3d3a97744b6bc9f05c087e68223a48c77337c86cf37cc4