Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ba450d091eb3ade…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 84d4b634bee823db4e64bb46bd595dbe SHA-1: 4653bf690a5cf894c4ad22e65a804e0ba83077b6 SHA-256: 0ba450d091eb3adeb822f407a47ce62bb1ea48bbb3865e1276c1d38e022c2729
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or to spread malicious content across multiple domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161145f71e8968---8249017090.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d4635f2f2---86944332029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4fa02067b---12923968740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stihoplet.by/upload/editor/files/xovuloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/99314177066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdbelektrotechniek.nl/uploads/file/wutitodonusevigivarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/50053595106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/xovorusadukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/reronufipojuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/pedokuxakeguzesupuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705f32c6ffe---kenujebilonivijasapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbd3a0b23b---93487880717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08c44e18bee2178f48319f268f176f68/23280890294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/000554b0da12743bdd6bc297f45a326c/91971771258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/69834682076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/59004418564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikhospital.com/ck_uploads/uploads/files/terogevujubevubuwuzajurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35576137662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apaiadb32nu266k57lu2nk2gh6/27498321330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf1d91be9e285d5b341ae911755ce4cc/rowerufij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojusozugutibulito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nb-magnet.com/upload/files/vesodowuvilopevamuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706621ab5e4---botapakijuvoxekoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/94038417193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=essays+about+education+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_off0000e92f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92F 16924 bytes
SHA-256: 85d90963db78d33f51a677182cb6615f8845823f0597a11904ea63eec5ee8ee1
font_01_sfnt_off000114b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCB 10804 bytes
SHA-256: d485379c58f8fcce08fd5926611c5be953d40f9c143d81d7190953a92d7e5b8b