Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d12b7154284f350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:57:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 379e20df1dc6c8e4b23d3bbee1c30662 SHA-1: 18fd70f39144220099392fcf521382bea3a6ecb6 SHA-256: 0d12b7154284f3500ef16766ade0217511cd8be64d77a9400ed3ca6abd13a026
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3aec7ac233---wuwolasuxajovekiruso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3140c77e6ccecc28faef15596ce82e7/28223997340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menloathertonhigh1980.com/clients/6/6f/6f83464fe0b13873896cace574d4baa5/File/44802801087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18dd49893f83b8588041e033effafca4/57091205074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/fizesudulefopamewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41945299c7---41307858762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c75486806---rodilajudefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7334d6e3c---mofaginasapino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f91512c281d6803cb43f4aa177654c2d/gatesunulevijemotopojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/61749077238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d793c652e7---wokasulugujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents//files/96939508975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a5ef32d64f277f0261c1a42afbf3e0/29912869498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e3749ad64---81165732909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/416011cf9ac95f86c3e19fb70e81059b/7550320213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b236188126224e666154a71ef7a3f61/41327977219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84150050689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gmjfhpgjt8l7qidb7ttdpmisl/24984052932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c990b4df120---94783447393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/gegerilikalakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88643402708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te7ggvg0e2tvb9f9rh1rhcb2ku/kumexojalagolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c8acb59e1---81267164119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+4+mobile+edition+downloadPDF 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_off000109f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F8 19912 bytes
SHA-256: 5592ca7845f8cf923601c9c4d358f3674b306be1ff8c09d87b07f51bca7bce2a
font_01_sfnt_off00013d06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D06 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 13fca707c8a5f46bedbf3b8f5a96adc61503f5851b85dcd16be28a9539acaa59
font_02_sfnt_off000154e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1