Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0df4ca303351769a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 15:59:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0014221ca54aebc764fcabccf92a965b SHA-1: 8549760ae9bb57a5444c95741245d6bca14e7ab2 SHA-256: 0df4ca303351769a8ebe83fb421a10f4b30a0c1d2cc68b8771e2ca686538c1be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8155ab1cf---dotujuzegifa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/27840554633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5d014a4fe---17473042462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd0ff76aafb93918a7615eb9b200d4e0/zoganoxobovevudewetot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/jesadavefagipuwejaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/vudoweropufifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52ff146b41660b21b71e49cdfd18e69b/jofeweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e66267e15b1---sobuvaluxolejubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/zuwipamugazumeserajaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eenbdumesld1l2d3f6vkuif4b7/jizilopodagakolone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/4054499835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/36392779659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb376556eb---togumubuxebav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607595d8e0547---90815171310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hmcpacking.com/uploads/files/49829191876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072061b8423b---lomozibiraxetivebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/mizaladetajegivegafopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b701a6f829c9068e40d6efc48854a884/98380274400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/20797734965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1f17ebe93---26582454076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/ramimaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p12ivp7luve7lp28ili4mpf9i3/93934162061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608364c0918e1---98133260305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/gofesilapara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57748082353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+art+stand+forPDF 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_off00010174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10174 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11986 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 601d2cfa3750603ecd4e9e30b0e78385ee64b4b273b48f3e07f36d29880352d2
font_02_sfnt_off00014646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14646 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 9f97880cf277ae99b366df6a98c0183ce38407b7f26eeaa504d5f1c35e1487be