Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bad9e726b76f80c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 14:45:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 192a49317066c03360c892c20ff152a1 SHA-1: 5ef534f7c4f511f364537320fe05ea124f3697e4 SHA-256: 0bad9e726b76f80c5371a5d733067f79254145a502d8507eb3927d5cabc24ff6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links suggests the primary intent is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23854db70f9d77591a859e785e2ab52a/jesoxozekudezaxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/40605904968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39c599edc2---suzilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27f0677d4b618b1fa143c70d5f6dc5f3/pusetazaliwanemubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a68a604331e027ee662b13d54e5773d2/nuwijagobasiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075353b46f82---xubuziduvefesemoribiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moffatcountyhighschool65.com/clients/878592/File/8687648601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e5e0df737---nifema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6696463f80aae325470903448725ac/tinelowomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/77323078188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cf1752a42---mamifoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0336b007c---kozagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/48114195345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/vexolomebiruzigipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c904b1917585ec699f7b482b8fdd5cee/torotifamikipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/38273159589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/506b84247ace258a9db69344b4bbeebb/74701961089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f8b6a53ef21ea39dc6c2b2ec3f94a25/sibilukerejova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/554894f55983ca72d196349249c54c99/pofaxojazumobijodigugudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ac9a40245---14780818259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8123f732470d9369488288ccb429a54/vejedegaxazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e36631f087b---21482256720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/xitagifisuzizije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=mater+cow+tippingPDF 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_off00010611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10611 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 1af7209c8dec39beda12ab1911a0ddd9cdc7450d507a2b5e9a01f3fd70794fb4
font_01_sfnt_off00013367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13367 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B7E 10416 bytes
SHA-256: d4f5882cb8095bc492be8a6baf29d5c943ef3ea582eb50bbfbb0ef4d885f5b4d