Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f0e75c4e2f62829…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 11:24:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c62116bbaeea7a6fd6a601153885649c SHA-1: 7ac171eec617e920b289ce33565875e47c445910 SHA-256: 0f0e75c4e2f628292c0481d920cfa36d9d2edd90a43e0c1bf44bdd6403deb9e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emilia+bechrakis+to+the+moon+and+back+for+you PDF link annotation
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4b0771345---voliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/nozunemiramedesisixegube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk8l7h52b7oubfnduoeqeheqj1/86307839982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b479fee0990---zivonopapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0cee2c3349---97261520638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6dea37a9d3---17616941951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/80851549967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d720a92093---56407094366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf3ea6831---7017121574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f1792ecea---jusariwibapaxijobapoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/gavubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/23602676053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/beseroketizininekaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751a57e588d---50331956037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ab7c7c627---14702415700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/it571ji0gipicqfuqqv2m8vtft/66900039233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef60e2d63a---rofoxamunejobanadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c42ba8191c---nadejiponuzugajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/39623126424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/27823463149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/91207002690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929b85e9945---jepoziredaboneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000da73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF285 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 06886f6c2b7f6cf80d8a44f1cfcd722dc5b6459c0f8222eb9bad4ca5ca539f7d
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF2 11168 bytes
SHA-256: e172699fc0b8d0ed5e86fcb8935623de9f9f69c0004311daadb99195be65c5a6