Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ed79c5bcb8ef5fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-07-12 22:27:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 80aee78b6b9a8a37fcc811e5d191f404 SHA-1: 553bbb03f55c2e713c94c96f25339be02b70904c SHA-256: 0ed79c5bcb8ef5fdd6865f67417fade3412de63e8e6f5e6b03f776a0e06b15cd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a PDF link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded URLs, such as http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e53a90639fb---jofunixatafukigapoworo.pdf, are likely used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srlo9d7cc9thcmsevj8ba5hrlk/32519425998.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/nenapepagupibogotofisadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clasesholandes.com/userfiles/file/luvotamomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6625758b9f---wodifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f1694edc3---bedapafotolojenixuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/72691753727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082147fdb6f6---72365148941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/81030375504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blv53egcc6krdpauibhgks4gg0/remer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/79522784877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781c7d68fa1---tijipimipatodiludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083546426ebd---zikevosesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6nvbn6cdfp5mbg9uipq5fvnri/fabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2109abfecccaef12f4ef439b8928742/sijozizizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/kisarakoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jcu0vfdo6h7e98i6ob4lfgpas/77444437247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/zibadudasudigepupumasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/26245187825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e53a90639fb---jofunixatafukigapoworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/96373392054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236949c46fb5db19a6fe5b7ada3df0ea/94122733590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fklmgrgkp7omoku3ei5hqdvb2l/wepegimuwidazuverevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f138e5e36---67099373624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdp8k7demftbea6tk6cgmd3hh8/fuzanilivivagumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=m+and+m+electricPDF 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_off0000ca55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e26c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26C 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 8d1862e50d801d3711f975731a4aba68d60ca74c1289fddd2433cf3af67db4dc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f93c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93C 16888 bytes
SHA-256: d05a2cdb396aea4e17658ad34e762c6a95b157324efa1fdf8c8d1343dc4dcdaa