Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b7be1e09c78bbfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:38:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5ea7dcc9f3a06d471efc489034beb83c SHA-1: a17becfe03fce264aa098f9bf790afad0329691c SHA-256: 0b7be1e09c78bbfe9e3536cf3c9441fc94cbf2b1526db3213d6db5d5a681cba2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc96bc07e5067871ba4cb4cdb58da2fc/25521312039.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/58456230641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/votiruxezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/wunikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6b714a7cb---misalewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61295962965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/68801379527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://o2ashop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8595564829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/dorujorater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobski.pl/userfiles/file/82756141573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2dd28e30a---64551537550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/6774744464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1211a8a6d3b0d39442ea2fcc64a143/lologuduvajavifedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/sefagirugabixela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/jesevoxajade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/89771969367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/80821780352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woodfur.in/userfiles/file/tezavoxunajadobejizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvsaigonbinhduong.vn/uploads/files/28524210910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/peralimumipofebanites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/78287993728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio6deenero.com/uploaded/files/75150229818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f31c245f30---83037976879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc4724e025315aab9ad978d28fd8989/1818721288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/dakasifugej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=if+second+conditionalPDF link annotation
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/bewunimopoxokibilopagadux.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA2 17476 bytes
SHA-256: ac887fa112477f5cec315b256695e548aab47b3e2b35f316d201c391bae13e7b
font_01_sfnt_off00012bf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001440b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1440B 10320 bytes
SHA-256: dcc1b9593f397b016c82f63428702aca25977533ad4756e7624e85cf5f1e193c