Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bcc84695db53fb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.7 KB Created: 2021-05-25 14:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 463b8ed0a4722835ad3e799bf45c861e SHA-1: 1a88ffcc8115084c0be835f6640f9b2e7680f6fe SHA-256: 0bcc84695db53fb0e38714bd5102cb5a1e68cf40c3c8132e0e35c6c01b4f5951
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically within form upload plugin directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and the use of compromised CMS upload storage further support a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0ecdbbde3---janap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097581a577dd---30056845184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7a3bba67c510e1a58cb3fef225eb94/buxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b00296f86da95cd5ef0702d5cce09433/sudixeroguzeviroluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608181eb4d1c0---bajegubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0367e94698d82cb49b442c096acd1063/81999888395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf668b8467ee0e85d1f859f7bab654b5/jazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72eb05b7c46988aeef26fb63e8f31b1e/bizixizufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094207bd61e4---pezuxupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089450368f96---22865032284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5bde722f86e014838221568cd9a942/12853397882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/41129946795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/wawova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ae38ebbf4---55827936201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/zawekisexenusutaxarisudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0b9201d80---mukojozupogowapakomekutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5393d1e30c26cae40a92fd174bdcba63/xusolisevesanodoxerezives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/lilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ieu1l0omn0h12s8u6u3e7fkl/78893807781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+register+ehsaas+emergency+program+with+nadraPDF 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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_007_off0001c657.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1C657 26456 bytes
SHA-256: ca592e8d1e31bab03cf0f1c113a4f4dfa542bfd0ca8fb41a5c0481275c49bf13
font_00_sfnt_off00017e5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E5B 5608 bytes
SHA-256: 7742dbd5e55c33361631cae5f3885cb1d277b3ae45d4d6493edaefb6f823ee4a
font_01_sfnt_off00019155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19155 2448 bytes
SHA-256: d1c4571fbbe522c3a50f0dcca10cc578515e9abb1f96e5038dcf8814d7031e11
font_02_sfnt_off00019bd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19BD9 12944 bytes
SHA-256: af42922795d82cff82143aac665c8bb2aca02f02d15c043056bcde68ff6843d4