Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b775a0a3bc57a45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:10:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3e5c721a39e92e3edad5f0959280c5d4 SHA-1: a3241ea8430fd474fc4851ee8f31e92faa997027 SHA-256: 0b775a0a3bc57a45da05d2343e5fcc95c86f771ede76c361808955ad8a957ad5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve further malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests a tactic to obscure the true destination by using many disposable domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/98291164860.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/50025542240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33a9a3272b3897425c760fbbe1c96f43/rajomegitadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/kebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62982796778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearefamilypalestine.com/clients/3/3b/3bc38fc23f9ffb54b20226cbd6ad6ce3/File/nosesipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb1c713f1b3213445b3d700d7fe4bd25/nirijalogabivukata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a4f5482d1---28135510144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/fiwumazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sola-brothers.com/userfiles/file/popaxiwodavarakavivud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafiestadelmoto.cz/files/file/49359685934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxijigeropu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8b7069c47---27749457377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgbc5qhq1n005t0d6jinb10l50/wakofodules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f599506dd17a0e4c7f5e850fe71c461/18339230880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6so0riq3btpnovpetoo0h09uh2/tobevoganepikebolasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drhuanghair.com/uploads/files/202108212138049565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723547c64e7---61956297593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/gidefeserukiredafopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094aa68e9277---53878146777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/jejaxepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/61976083630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/nuxuzozijokusakoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/finagax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=first+grade+reading+stories+pdfPDF 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_off0000c219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC219 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 018bb4220c0423f19e1eaeafbd61153b8f775799bacf883dca3c91795c9da78e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF036 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 13ac7964587558616100084ca133b1eb88e01fe367b4ff341f32b17a445574b1
font_02_sfnt_off00010853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10853 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1