Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0efe0feac20e8aa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 05:37:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a8d57f0a26a441929ed685bf92c918f2 SHA-1: 92bda75aca679039431c8eb4929a33e24f9fa849 SHA-256: 0efe0feac20e8aa473dae36b1ffd5e57e84e04b8575ffba2045be4db987f6e16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users into downloading additional payloads or visiting phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c1a13bd97---98471379164.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a1h4d4kf02kc69ab9mu9o1cuj/59748506539.pdf
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/tewoleture.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdb11c44c64---2133069732.pdf
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc953358b7---wagotej.pdf
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210705065026.pdf
    • http://thehonourride.ca/clients/c/c2/c2a221447f3e921143a55eca482c8289/File/31587610340.pdf
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomarodiremimojisexibubot.pdf
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s82d7jaergv1tfdl6mpipqqipi/nodimejojifexije.pdf
    • http://fairbank-ia.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33236918185.pdf
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/61529048920.pdf
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d515536de61eeb732f9621da745d31a7/robepijotitopupa.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnqf0nu12hsu3fkegscq2shmoa/57440018865.pdf
    • http://calzaturificiocatia.it/userfiles/files/lutunulitaramabin.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609747ef64d39---torutakineju.pdf
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/pevemu.pdf
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/65044488396.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04bbeb4ef9---naxudipapoxufegu.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c12d3892ea8aa7d2855f3cbdc862ce30/37488836829.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e675f968702---90904473889.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbac086fdc---xewefetozonadivibez.pdf
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zuvovixamivi.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c3d980fe8---46693070283.pdf
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/basupo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=did+not+pass+probation+period+letter
    • 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_off0000fb59.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB59 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001136b.bin
c64a1fdcaa8bf87cc5fba68dc6dba29812f539190f011c8557f5aaf4c6fceb3c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1136B 16448 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e3b.bin
a344cdbc97c3d27688090be15b2ac585e10310146f63c80aa630bcbfe603d8fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E3B 10524 bytes