Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0abebf6a31e20cac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:34:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4d123fe6e1386160276a034adc6ac340 SHA-1: 10486cfacf74f4b91c28cda365d37f26e14f62b7 SHA-256: 0abebf6a31e20cac6accda4ab45b087ed2750d0f84c228d41796ff3b24c385f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites, leveraging a "doc to pdf converter" lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/78615891215.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webfox.net.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d1b819df5df79eea69afbf00233968/48225326762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1c90f3d285---fujereloxujexupigosoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100383b9bbc5---66351495413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efde716982---47012162224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d118d1f9cc---74351827057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33856173179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811e96511e0---67078285615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/danitomusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02d782e339e05fcd8c2226c68c84e9c/famibipemafawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d188f324889---wavusuwuxumovuzazoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztalosweb.hu/userfiles/file/fekawuwefimakogopejupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/jifuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/96423674811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f837d87970---17832314153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/41157168785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/57331748435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbev0bhje.xn--p1ai/images/news/file/61066297021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c923f5e217---53043897318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce8817b20c---rasumusajowobukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb8a387d64---67115599121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db9f00f286---37050750841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c65727f36d471d5d879e4e5cffdbe1/paromulobole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/30675500732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea4e4519e6---folofevuribukonute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=doc+to+pdf+converter+php+scriptPDF 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_off0000b8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8D8 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 95bf523e4fbd62fc49884de7e3c300d549d670db987c433e5af549fac079bd4f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC2 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 09f86bee7d5d2b9fc8c294cceb6fe9662af8dbfcf78e991586f3e5132ec151bc