Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c830a9ef2119682…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:27:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 0adb9b9369b0b5d5a02e772d2a8b557b SHA-1: 3b0d27dea9585b5515a2164e5985ecd1aeb3832d SHA-256: 0c830a9ef211968278c3240de66dc69652b462faab1b6dddc295a6d4e0bea907
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to lure users to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f8eecee51---52783648146.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8e24aa08a---jofozolomipakusenufani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg0ofmvgdjnfuh8t1hpcjlbokf/nevodumizujuvuxusasidujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fbe1071146abf11c496b89087d8335b/76999235655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc0e142c21---fisifexevejuramotile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/kerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f2799ac6c---tevaxaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgurnp88pjl9dr4ovs0qsn5qs8/vomanibojuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/tezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egdqji14m5k4c54j6pvaba4292/23820761962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/mupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c42267d1a---15045335562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3299429279b1d42e0e4ba54fbfb041e3/52348533855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/dosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608675e7ad9dd---genatujevarorofotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/30326173021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b042d673348---37932646869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad023e76987---xefeviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160ac5332945e9---97957540203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6215f3761d---fepufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/tuzezofesavapavaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/dujejodovazotusafoxolorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/33245438262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/damekivinozavadosikemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=connoisseur+of+fine+food+and+drinkPDF 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_off0000ed4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010563.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10563 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 1f901f3d983d0c676aae7f8a6d318309b0377751b8513fd8e6d2c7d9dd8266c8
font_02_sfnt_off00011d26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D26 16696 bytes
SHA-256: c6ed4b3a490c0542e75713aee4621ef1fd0889ac3b69151a7cbaeb9b56e0fb25