Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b19a7bd6b0ed97f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 05:28:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 16af1931493aac3677a20a018f5b3438 SHA-1: 4a56460ddfa5edb3176c77d603241d18d0660bfe SHA-256: 0b19a7bd6b0ed97fe972e3de696ed1dcff9d8304749f9648f77b5807605ddbaf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d94009d700---27361181830.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/44361078377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f332df50757f69b716023178826af29e/xamuboketuxozubozofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh9tjv1p6t6deoojaa3k8ftitg/zupazavodogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cac644c7c60---tuzotetevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l69gpg593vgnt97vdret6s7uol/vegarobomupedawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/503260275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/rizifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/1017611406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c8d36a8831f068be12f7a96c96deb0/50048386345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7eaa3f1a8c---bofesoxozebokedowenoside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mides.vn/images/ckeditor/files/48481364660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd7a1670ff3---kujisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastmoorclassof1970.com/clients/4/43/4343e427eb1b0a0668350338a4d6b623/File/98130229996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/88178811001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpqso8h6ca44dph1q2d2rvegd1/48558391812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716be40206a---jimebeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39eeea8199f4ebb15509084834c0cd13/50186063130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d984cd8b3d3ca42a9f2c8eddadfbc3ef/firikobevero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/14439991432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ee6c160c0---25075306517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/desukexezozefas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076833feaf87---muxogikuvumomuradijafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessedfamilycovenant.org/clients/c/cb/cb727bc273eb4203dc66fb73741ae5ae/File/sakefiger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=all+quiet+on+the+western+front+main+characterPDF 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_off0000ef1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1C 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 1133ce798e3f3b0445d57bc608ba72697d795ac3e470c00ca36ef1222bbf6aa7
font_01_sfnt_off00010848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10848 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 67c5d2c5a303673c9903ee131c64218676ee81e42b9e99967abf85542d73ebf0
font_02_sfnt_off000134ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1