Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bb7f66b9843bf56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 18:18:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1974a7e02e8db41c92d19c84ea548e50 SHA-1: 59d8d3ce4afec123f53bbd29be91684a67cd5213 SHA-256: 0bb7f66b9843bf56e521629bcba0b29ac9d5ff6dbde110566d92b5c7d9cfe45d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt disguised as a research chapter. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis point to a phishing campaign.

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://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb58ec31822d5a0f4a3da91ffebf828b/80348912779.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be92b845130---gemexutodexepapinufite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/pepubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11493a1c714011a67addf8953e93dd9e/14078508635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924ce73cd3f---wapenifujet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/rirederagebovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ets3c1caje28o4q1056qhjenk7/gemebagawajatimegiziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0e4b423f5---45026460415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/42305610419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b23a6776a459d5cab7f6f0c43073bc1b/73850357139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/narilejarutajizorufibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc6c680a8f---wekevudowuxutumoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abe037dff5723533178e58beb6ed2ae9/zexoboniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210626205231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/15749010049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e59fdd8c63---10079232546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/13703733747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8512d2bc7d---64385264462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e42u7pj9v7n5006f85mqpdjg9n/66527964641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9674c43815---netamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1bedb0569---felevexabewirofewidebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b684cad71f---jonekukugamukoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/gewixuxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2dbc6bc79---bixigozomipatitakawopazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/46066364470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=research+chapter+1+examplePDF 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_off0000f45d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C74 10520 bytes
SHA-256: f3b8f7e3fe411da8609912ae04523adff137e6cda1c4ffd734df07e0e2f2a00d
font_02_sfnt_off0001248c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1248C 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 8c4815bd8a288d596cfc935c43832d8e3ebefd3d3c3d55f9633e4a435bc949b7