Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a85af05f5ce898f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 16:19:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b1bfe2de6811064ba790ea0cac804fdf SHA-1: ad85d339fe786b3b64d25930e643f20702a6f087 SHA-256: 0a85af05f5ce898f29707df3fdcd2d99ee27c0e215e8302ceaf3ce50e6101515
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links, aligning with phishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bulky+item+collection PDF link annotation
    • http://planbmedia.hufiles/90630029253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/5893449875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/85009522783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d641995d386---24364728559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac028f283c8---4661821116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/199209462ebfaed99d8457dd7929b6ba/riberavoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7efe59a34f---87411345183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/72645807474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/172g5sgulggc98om840lq96sp3/49419440594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c5ebcf22691ca48ebab9a726a629ff/tigewizogutasajojasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5eda47f99b---xegafedamejuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/47810322963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/81509726000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/vilisenetizoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9q7lo4ngijq8qu1l8r0blug34/6746695071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a276d840e9ecf2afda86468380da9278/13565786796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/4367631735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb576f45871---sulivisovojupozujuwase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/dawasuvukudizofixexebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df7fe4c0ac---gobotobanozamevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a823877edf2---xedurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/2050764259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/28133003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bf56a491d---rojaxifedonilalini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/virelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/rozodizerelaf.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_off0000f034.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF034 17480 bytes
SHA-256: a773b50fa89a9529cdd43f5fcc43980c87820213af21cc50fbc7a446a60f6d4b
font_01_sfnt_off00011d20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013537.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13537 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 3787413dfbd9a97f812f9dc884da0bc8d3a19a72937b33aefbcbc1ae581926cb