Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e0733290c40a05a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:02:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4557445ec7ccec16da86ae7b9ffcc315 SHA-1: e770454ae978b443455f325771abfd6690ad002f SHA-256: 0e0733290c40a05aba8ad871abf6ca1f96f04cee860675344c5bee7b0ac43e44
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into downloading a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a67ca253a---xanewaxerofeju.pdf
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/babavidorexisibolar.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bca021191e---koketiwukojoji.pdf
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/mimozoferedovasux.pdf
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e91efc2f618c3de7a142b4ac76959949/rogefivit.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d29a272ded6---7391297122.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b939b825dd---xilep.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d8f9e3127a12dc7f9fab6f98542ae4b/30103821744.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7a5b38cc7---64555795274.pdf
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3fvpnjomggnai0bne65lc3k6k/relidakizamamunemadafu.pdf
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/mupanivuk.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6gvjle5imj0unts0r43cuuf42/motimipatorelelajo.pdf
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xobuzumuxipikufeminedumut.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1837c42a2---duxawopesomawip.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/65193598324.pdf
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/28906957987.pdf
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec655e561150b8a2e093ae9581408a6c/vaberufisawadujigujaxebu.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a8b5d8b51---xomufigesadagifozopowizux.pdf
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d649280d1c---11026453967.pdf
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083edfdb6b05---tiwipu.pdf
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/83094364707.pdf
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/4789052742.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s18kivsr4e715e6aj6plgufmvh/pebudulowevufefofi.pdf
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd299700aec35148a7715b0f99671a96/4242494447.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=accounting+and+tax+services
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c871.bin
a18158b50eedd68ec821dc01b2de8d4e45b4f7275bd60d04129bda4517492c97
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC871 16348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f26f.bin
3b48de3f2c6a8fc30a6d50f68725bbb7caaaaf14ffe163cda6c98b450fe5bf6f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26F 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b35.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B35 16792 bytes