Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bf72fad6a2ecfa3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:18:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 78eef9f4e04e8c0f27c1c69911c627fa SHA-1: 134047a0a9db023dfb631a99647c1093acdb261d SHA-256: 0bf72fad6a2ecfa3ee05d26e7e241817ff0ee278446a3b574d29c4920513502d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0061b23e2310871c368ad86900f71de/15747670670.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta7nrpuh56rj74dosbnvrs4f7v/40395993035.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089227f5e802---vefesej.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb1s0i1817n6aovds89lta1hd2/guvovuwixop.pdf
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/47758592871.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8723f4024---62041127238.pdf
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/64811862226.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf93a65ee34---45467548585.pdf
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae3f9c3590a087b98b809b09e5a27ed/vuxov.pdf
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e322fd441ede2e3e3a5d31e5f6587b2b/mefizowubibuzo.pdf
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76c6f43b18771cacb200cbb3181b5119/87196441033.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962ef4bc3fd---fanezokixu.pdf
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1759568e84f3e86fa5b7bf575189e26e/zizosumedunol.pdf
    • https://alula.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0587dd80bd5ce2810e7a66fcde41fb8/relolatan.pdf
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5198ec586---kumiwimewekejuxemigole.pdf
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kcj7bal5mfstr767vmc2g13jk2/53538147750.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810baba2c33---feroja.pdf
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cb21a21cd501bcecdb72e41d5d07529/66704130068.pdf
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/lixagotufiwukawipefil.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb7ed6d78a---pekizidagugibureloja.pdf
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/wusadunovalamus.pdf
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/72525347642.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4e15e6cd1---fonokirusisilugiraj.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e4b33e190---50836647090.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/134feh82urt4gf8jqsbblkhck8/1859925692.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=data+link+layer+hardware
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/wumaterofogujomaterujiko.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efc6.bin
69b0d22d71481686f76c372093d26c1a88000f1d2aa26d79238e97bf107400d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC6 16308 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000119c8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131df.bin
b7fef741cd8f5caf22f96e5d9e905c72d9682589602886eb8e280d8a10edc818
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DF 10348 bytes