Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e1bc1f32e152674…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 42a16a4298a2123c5de5f6beee47ddf5 SHA-1: 9f907b78556ad62f282b06127ee1b67cbbabb6ee SHA-256: 0e1bc1f32e152674b59c60b54dc388f4fc33246748676762cef0e83948f30165
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures and malware droppers.

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chest+palpitations+after+eating
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f4dc9e942---zogutagijakiguxafuvomar.pdf
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c904831083---33707023078.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba2f076a7c---11880766538.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ad6100003576f52151d07af4a819b9e/63762732585.pdf
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/20244543209.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cer44gpodmbmqns69d9cg1nvu6/79022171443.pdf
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/nomifibumapiwivesoxak.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7c8123b9a---lifutegebubinu.pdf
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/zetasakurufowupibawaxanas.pdf
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/85774470150.pdf
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d80c30025f0b20be06e40951a3175e/wabanifemomipaterekopa.pdf
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535f2d24152445611807722784ab3491/kifemew.pdf
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxakekuvonifonenisu.pdf
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c137ebfab---loxiropurilisefilow.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d30e4e62bd---74582144024.pdf
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut9brc6g92lhpp2j9iaqf6fv0s/40282645896.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6da49183cc---rafew.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bc3621e9ab9d154d0fb7a7c0c5793e3/26363737778.pdf
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9182b629cc---9919072445.pdf
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/xidegumexozenegep.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9190cde291---xenojutavowolafulazu.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826dcd7b82a---dagokatasoro.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uv27fc1g7nl46v6iqr953ua4c2/6326592161.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608def16130a3---gotolevalaxefiw.pdf
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/45190755157.pdf
    • 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_off0000fbae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000113c5.bin
a6fbfd1be6162538252083933d1d618a064c9d041df3b582b32f5ecd0927ccd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C5 10668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c33.bin
6383f0cc1d9c82a02ccf811ba0ac510754c36204e2125f864def0cbceab05c3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C33 17204 bytes