Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ab20383a4565be7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 15:46:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c2b033541fa6d573f24b3086fef679e9 SHA-1: 83df2d4f08c79fa67a8d4884545901cd1d44ef69 SHA-256: 0ab20383a4565be7448df3688f9911b2ce5a58adf81ef2d62724dbbb1577e1c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Numerous heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting sites. These sites likely host phishing content or further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/gidagaxubikexinuvezapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/41874761268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/284318ca9071682b9ee2abff428f9b14/52826166159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/17935764513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a610ddbf1c3---tiwolidozopagalelugote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856de96659c---89775151425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/1633291741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/jolubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4039e83e90---zagozezepexozenatiribax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/97658395651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phamtrangia.com/upload/files/9681930073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b222c9dc644---72931297475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d11272j0mvck3uv6cpokd2hkqt/81528109314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2adaf136a---7607472728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/965da55b33d8135a79c687a60ee03750/pibibowifutaluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad38dacdbe4---79601744845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6058a9f83bb242eddce58e01e39be9a3/lokawezareseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fc325af52---guporelizufomuwebemazadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0a5366b074---58908966525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/gesuwanopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9353d6d65---zigapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/modevozalatixen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/33024026934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/devopufozaroboranoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b1409e1bb---sawaxite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+pdf+to+individual+pagesPDF 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_off0001025b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1025B 17560 bytes
SHA-256: 673427064bae453d1f7bfc448d937728bb0db8d4085e6eb1ab3ea20bbbee137c
font_01_sfnt_off00012fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000147d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147D4 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 1c5c539839744a261cc349f46f93dac1618a1bbc163cc206bf4a97e438912369