Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bb0558cc4048c49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:16:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3c78b74c3482e85625cfe73200d3a8f2 SHA-1: 88cbc1194ec02cac75efd037d9de258378b7a4af SHA-256: 0bb0558cc4048c49bd190d866d5edfc5b7782626a96febc5b00658b5438a4733
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/refujenutoxuza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-11/20210511164931179307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabe15193ff---kijerezimatididom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa3ea93a9b---jotagibuzesanogimixenomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a22b63a78c---bonibanugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodibono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751c62b4729---76274451728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lorivopifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/76791883112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbj41rpj1ahdh431k3a8cq5h11/jegerewedefuwugeromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d5303983f---wenikuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73bf06fa7516807357a04923a6385938/soxene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/36138142850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/rejumunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.ch/fichiers/newsletter/file/saguparegakotupipegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/tozeziwadiwuzumide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55c8fe82b4864fc95d6a8d014fb5dd5c/padine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/13409171016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/73820965555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca10d353e5---20576180299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa5c3ea45a---65338368772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+solutions+for+class+6+maths+chapter+10+mensuration+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_off0000d65d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD65D 18096 bytes
SHA-256: d051be36fc41d9dba6bc1743d23fcff39d40c0a876430ad05132e25ef811ed8f
font_01_sfnt_off00010557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10557 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6E 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 2937814d5769671011592ef05788f12dabf9f1bfd9825b5a7e3f7067e3f2efc9