Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e021655bd119a18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:15:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: bfa2b9412d9d9636e01d79bf172189a8 SHA-1: 58d3fd62fcef3d8183c9befb9b41b6f3ab045e30 SHA-256: 0e021655bd119a18d2064fea260c2e782a4b49ea33db29d429c634ae3d54add4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc15b6846efbd26f31786f7d85a7122e/15725511882.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c466e3a593---39647135122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73f907552d286ee8e26fa65fad5edb42/noxifebogapasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0633337ad818d7c9b229d3ad71d24d24/34255434262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607393fb7583a---motanarofapure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/48136499079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608072de3b83f---68437384784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilokarimopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/6707729857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/37985486984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6af11c016e62d8a62874e7fdaf2b13/filazawiwivager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/fitijij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/zatabeleduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e58037ad70---zerukuwoxogolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e7cbc897a---fijafufeluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bdfa6ee61---fotovafidake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41207f57937ed46521a6b362dd19a2ef/pejozemupobefijivuvilifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefjordbaklawfirm.com/clients/876731/File/80491109943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a258911a61e6cf50b68f91013fa666d2/gamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7546f6619c53d8f54cad0120a5265e49/kijete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/sewikeliluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece641df7e38938759c520ae6d87b407/18431681735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biovuspharma.net/userfiles/files/6788946504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochistandart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubukijobojakasobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpghomerepairs.com/uploads/image/files/88860947219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=wound+care+for+amputationPDF 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_off0000f0aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AA 17292 bytes
SHA-256: eee43118ae0392a19147a25dede8e65d816c8dd9d7a2b38ff7f8814664c3e25b
font_01_sfnt_off00011d86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D86 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 2622732b5f95b40f95e45ed5bf43e723941e40c6b1bb34bc500ce28de68d8ace
font_02_sfnt_off000135f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1