Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c30b7f1291d2ba3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:29:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cac55863638840cf7af61d55be6f9c2b SHA-1: 6d342cc4798a3a158287da4cbdd96deba40dc68c SHA-256: 0c30b7f1291d2ba3bbeaade481172a92309056562f8f58b0c3feda52bb012dd8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing attempt. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely to host further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a tactic to obscure the true origin of the malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a92109963---suruxogoduwurajejikoloxo.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f6885daae---kafejawumidaramafal.pdf
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/mixowilukamesud.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02cdc630536963f51fd89a0e214312a9/87638413834.pdf
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0a086df9f883f40b43dbe16b9f7aadf/walawizudor.pdf
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db6552cf77---12840167918.pdf
    • http://indecomavo.pl/inc/falawabewigemogujirurefe.pdf
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/zejapewedirubogizelujepu.pdf
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/43135572028.pdf
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac201d1c405c2f99e9040a3b8b22db0f/segadupupawa.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607364ed59cb8---niwitasobika.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d85f9e0baa6---vivurefopogofelem.pdf
    • http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/80445826477.pdf
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/bukudagorat.pdf
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/69752503428.pdf
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/25324777836.pdf
    • http://bhsclassof70.com/clients/a/ac/acf0241a72c9eb28a719a759cf8a4748/File/rezibisivese.pdf
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8538005335.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b75384cc1---tufizilagigonubejenepazo.pdf
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/mekiruvufawenovozuvu.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721d3956fea---67514687170.pdf
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/884f1e0c54d969b2c42b1d91c2358b13/mixufiragubomopi.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf1fdfa3d33---gobudonarutaxaxevavedalow.pdf
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kq8n192nkr4eht1reoontg7bp/fatifopuvefejori.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=opportunistic+pathogen+example
    • 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_off00010b9f.bin
fdef50f884256530f1b86807b57ea273d58928660119610cdbe5a7327f076e7d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9F 17148 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013884.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13884 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001509b.bin
8bed795e6178113fb9263479dc81524841941d07a167b197577cfafa4b3b4899
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1509B 11048 bytes