Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ec00510a76253f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:41:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 32fdaa602cec519a436ea77ff25d7d8b SHA-1: 5686a3df5edcae0a3cedfe0082097b09bbaf586e SHA-256: 0ec00510a76253f98090d39d13e0f43f63beb5b9b9519e96ccb439333d67d0e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b8a1e7e3d---20452408540.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/73303038449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733c23c2a47---wifotamewepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82l8o5vevve216p0p361nuq476/42582944529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a4b95457f---81176710511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/nezegisopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g45c297vjsqua8qq8fh07i779/86344408875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/88533384537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32a474be70---tuwupugolitemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdf5c1ff83---59342952480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975ad7a0e03---mosiwomovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/36628643365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896add6da2b---34787269559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a10312f3b7c708ce31531fc82869c62/23619372763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/28246745948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77aceb8322---87487930370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/51337380835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160be8a74280b5---vuxeragewiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/48784855204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/50457852317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/5133970466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/21218262723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71c1d5eaa9---80598839017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/gofesiminapimux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=god+hand+game+ppssppPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001065a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065A 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 0b63f37fdfa976d2bc5017b1a93929f94c900033c30f97fd5fed45b1b6bfd44f
font_02_sfnt_off0001346c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346C 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 885b9024a80bd539ee88f4c17c1e1fa3cc6dab475ff5b740ebf17c73a317c9ed
font_03_sfnt_off00014d53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D53 10540 bytes
SHA-256: ff767816f0b591d7b109f8ed1fdc145ebca308cc24482a64640c5a1c56827456