Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0be7d7facd14f60a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-08-23 14:03:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: dc6a98ffc063bf3bcfa64974b768bb3c SHA-1: 2b24f807f6988839685d2838806baed6ffa4670c SHA-256: 0be7d7facd14f60af2b57bf2f34a7d0d9c8c5f74430d2c6420e3d2a00d71c623
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicated by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading a password-protected archive, a common tactic for evading gateway scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5159f2b7ebsie8mhakoidb2g7/35499251443.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ginzaramen.us/uploads/files/zopora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e8io0uj0r5svqgsbuh6mu2a0h/zalavulunoxafubixuwupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce6787ce40---ginujuvuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/486864759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/zawawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/xirajuxovuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f05b524431---xeloxabujeloxibenejeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frigosztufi.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pononezuxiwojijisenadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079371863e6d---zexolavatebibefaserurela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-housing.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refumoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/xakomawikadatibolabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5c54abbed69f5dfb07e48b22636c70e/naxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100ccfe9d133---91436284375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/821a2eb295a7c0b77fef7d6a692a12f9/60815511358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a73df11f4667dcb30de6e3a2310ed65/91768288999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alohatoypoodles.com/clients/1/11/1122824db0f83c9e74cf39311881f217/File/29963128844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iviltra.lt/images/files/gexezodowige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/42693467249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/biwekipaxevavigoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a9sqs90nmgv7esv2qnjb9a0r2/22907358004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f00d280c56b016dd5189bade2e1175/60884519486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/wagabota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+disable+iphone+when+lostPDF 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_off000106a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ebd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBD 10608 bytes
SHA-256: e72195e4f4dce4019eb6ca6f5bb93108cf412692061320befbdbb6bfb8b57944
font_02_sfnt_off000136af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136AF 16368 bytes
SHA-256: bdb71f5dd46f0d887198ab27bee1ea4cc487561c4afda35fdaadf2ea31532934