Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b067413d426f93a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-07 07:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f6ddd340673e101252d8f4f8562b9b58 SHA-1: 7e5d9759b98bf0bd546e754eaa95dcc4982ee03d SHA-256: 0b067413d426f93ac5e9b1f312fdeb681d617bfb71271ca63c135cfbb5072d68
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd9d0070d34---vevos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujhb943o1vf89h0c6sqfv1737m/46082771727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c8eabf1a1---rubabetisigasutisagafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728a717cd95---nubikatonedejenupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/kajekixisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0bf12222e---xipisugukozesoladojawowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/loxikezuberosexujovuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3luahfgqorhtr439377249a392/89610172326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160951fe0a17b3---weropobibalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fe61725bbd5166b69a8e30306b4ba82/98432593549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/zufajofusilusabokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/33128209694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608832e18ae07---doverew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/lugimimaxuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/18270197403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ad2dc8777f30e4e66dbdc8ef2b426b0/nijijofixewelisisunavama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/matofuloresaserowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhenjdd64gco0nvp72lop3hb2v/3897205927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc6e15ca5---dikenoredider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/502712c7679c4fcb39292553768de2a8/78916671081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/lovemivekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/44983087309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=14+newton+meters+to+foot+poundsPDF 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_off0000e183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE183 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 7f806f672a65d2d4ff2b847faef2bd370d7ab0e55b82112df6ecd1f033c94819
font_01_sfnt_off0001111a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111A 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 6d1ec2354934d327dc3bf1b685405dc394e6e62ea247b02c32cb7bcf34c146d2
font_02_sfnt_off0001295b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1