Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b1b06dee67aa961…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-08-27 01:48:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3ed34990ad813b35f2ffc10326a97c5c SHA-1: 171eb6e594b2b256918274fbd2bf6efb0a03db8b SHA-256: 0b1b06dee67aa961163dfeaa7d7b2ace9f37821d3d5fea35d7f8f917f52f5585
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91c2638b18---gotopopasajilagopalovaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/720915967c5a8598ee1e3acdecd46b92/60262340400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d47cc9515c---14625147428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at-studio.tw/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210720_211848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210713_5A5304F63F663376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/17011205864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04aac69e9f---lugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambcavallon.eu/userfiles/files/kipakuripelaxumazenutuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/nekirapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents/files/bavubiretozoveputuxukeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094409c64e25---dujegunonoromizasemevudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bc65f1b4c0cb46b3f58e186f0a35c4c/tofezodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8764765ec0---55393815614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/14705536203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d9504073d---74716889842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaprosmart.com/userfiles/files/fajatofujezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c06e9ca804d3da7b48435d5111344526/pavebisadikofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/84461636414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0e8dc2a507---10568560849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/xovotegeletuvatasanutavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16081bb93005eb---nuxowokesawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuathietbi.com/upload/files/42872933530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/nuzoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compow.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunavale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d950f583860c48575b7b41735ca3d46/48122549883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=is+sodium+a+mixture+or+pure+substancePDF 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_off0000d734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD734 10924 bytes
SHA-256: e6efa7ea739a85c41878985ee7297b46012b6e7b9458c31e3a91584571acbc65
font_01_sfnt_off0000f048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF048 19060 bytes
SHA-256: c7538a852c11e8d2d6e63e85e794294a0754a71593d203b2ddc46b306890c91d
font_02_sfnt_off00012070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12070 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1