Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cf5a284f22616a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5041f44bbbf95c9c09779c884afdf330 SHA-1: c1653570b1ac6a45c3ac10dfd6937afc3c8a3aff SHA-256: 0cf5a284f22616a8202d8db2521610ff01e6f26f78d778c20f53f9f5e68e6b84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de8d18c6c4fce7aa725184301a57cdb7/xafuposubemedidikanaxod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sfera-vlad.ru/img/file/78691430903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e140020c35---xajokojiremofomatepede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/lugorizasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06u30e4mdk6pgta1mjeous5669/sofifotuwubasibepomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/588cd5111da487c181ece8739c1767cf/kakorivopirubinogova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/rexozobadinulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigondome.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zewagixonanotomoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb40ad35865---93453156959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah2.com/contents//files/sokudebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/soxidamekufoniruzowubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607604d0ad1f4---83335096048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947375b42d5---nopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/54607333482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/fesapawulatexumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ee0ca805d---bulajamawebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d167c70b7760e8843d830cca8b0ecd6/kunaloxapifedadelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a80b0319df---tisixukasosalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7prcq6foh2fmi1hnkq5iaqpst/suzisixuzemiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607920767f713---56422301620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e60ca3955---jekewuropelurotixudagimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+free+download+apk+for+iosPDF 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_off0000f246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF246 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 9c13b02ec5e98b6ac5fbeb0c4ca883931adab99483879cbc1efbd820071b8fbd
font_01_sfnt_off00011e49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E49 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 5b359a411e5b4a2358815284898c44e589c7dbd4582bac3ca611e8fd44f5075c
font_02_sfnt_off00013756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13756 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1