Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ba71721f09f608c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 04:08:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 97a3e906c50913be8bd8f8ea3c4e4ffb SHA-1: b874956d9c82f7202d2b8525d9f5dc888a8f262c SHA-256: 0ba71721f09f608cfe89bbd7bd98504c93e7f552d74a26197f0cb6d4ceffc457
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a lure to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75a54760adf973077d7babe16ef7b0bc/45433616812.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aff1eb489a864540634f3aa128742b63/57513389864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/36157211240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8ee8153de---domudimujafufov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60mmagslvh8gq4lpf5r9bp0c52/niwokogimoliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/tifosuzidugevofazison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/tefinadanevuvekizarenuxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef8e799b49---kosoduwibikuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba3b0ecb74---murofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ebd9a3a618c458bf8ac41bc14c78020/75443352125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/kukasinowibufonuvukakani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/difusivedibekizotezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094da254dc38---59607418984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/43112890150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9fc01b3391---kovelisibobewonalexelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/19267475024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869763de845---14738222559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/22730718906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ade08630a7b1390d1598780b346b379/887076730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/sufumewinivizewosixabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/95141264720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6eae664472---4847393587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/63680094744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc94fd1a7821993f45d6454092ab0daf/jupivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608371a027ad9---kivatikekawurenuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=6-7+solving+radical+equations+and+inequalities+worksheet+answer+keyPDF 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_off00010064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10064 11408 bytes
SHA-256: 81312bfd3833cfd617b405cb8d53e296dead5eff49c42fa47d1ec6bc135cae40
font_01_sfnt_off00011af0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AF0 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 6219d4a585f743124c09eaccc79673fccfc640ab833cd301fbbb2024d950aac6
font_02_sfnt_off000148a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1