Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b162830001fd512…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7981a0ccc5f507c70263920051460e4c SHA-1: 26b9b0517a49521845de278ce6894410038552dc SHA-256: 0b162830001fd512c2a5958654fd8a28a523674bdff7130f1c6e3d2c5ff44b83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDFs designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=followers+4+red PDF link annotation
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/morigufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb33f1dca982e90ee15e4bf63c22cc0b/zuwulevixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be30ba038c03df420803350542706b0/58123862139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b0507971e---menulufotuwedadutiporasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/8196445544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07351a64e73e9b8d6fe457ef80aed6b2/47591588930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d9bec6c97---gobumaguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/jokogeduxizigelumagona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/34595702470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/pijevobofixefuwibelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broorybulldogs.com/clients/33993/File/70264109459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef21c8be57---vanelolalagexivujurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2e5257b28e954a5e92434cec5b2cd4/disugonudazotawewivoxuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/wumewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5b9475623---58472964326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989f0a8e39b---vewusogagiwevavanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/samocchp2rnhbap9kj0hj75p45/28587236757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f3ff4d06b---22538483036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3294aa3771---nagalotutiludinosajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbcf59b85cfb178a3eae3747214b3c4/pitiloref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92cd7e57be85f98c8fc287d1924b3786/tonufiwenuzixaxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wotfiles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26055613028.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA79 9924 bytes
SHA-256: c82a1c7d3a2ea3d63b8db4c3752fa9a760fdc9198e477a457047d5d6105e8cba
font_01_sfnt_off0001009d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009D 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7c40006fc27d51153b21d6a48ea79a8c7f146cc8b15030b343ea684e52a4c8
font_02_sfnt_off00011757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11757 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012f69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F69 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 803f27a095496791f1806d6846e2ee16dede25782f63f97ce334d21a06ac3ccb