Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f0f1dc530cc65d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:50:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b721b0b87049e324f48af728f4067bd4 SHA-1: 02f258da5da6cdc02926ff95e072599dfff4ccbb SHA-256: 0f0f1dc530cc65d72b3d8f6a71150618510c4109a57bb433fb0c09b32491942a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous external URIs that point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF's structure indicate it's likely part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elb4di5emehnv237u22t9qp0vo/pokenesanuvanafo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a79c8a62b8ccb5ea259ae58ad789bc9/koxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/jusuzibifemakadumamilosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/79806127085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/viti8q3ub02ghdvsvi01gbd6ej/pupow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ad6a4c5a316afcd49948f49173f7cc/26188179229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64d2f0f24ebf4ed5388e1fc6cc2b3d42/tenogefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd5dec473d---55506405612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lg4nak68he2o1uuokhqhgqippc/96944713799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3b71af07f---poxuturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1523e7fmks945i8eua9njn6m5/sedutopezuzujadezorolone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/dalulugebopujetukufuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8075878d44eb99e3974fcc2f402cfe3/65956476958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/62153425348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/fileninijevipaxogurota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/80361337407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/nagubariru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/19345591571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4440e13d4c90fe598d1286b494bd5772/nejeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srub-servis.ru/userfiles/file/80338740686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokepabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbeee88a30---xubitazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c458c528e---kujelugonuripokinavow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/16475880993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/galopixomagokovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518e8f3d8561a117e28a827b8b1d6545/migane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=benign+tumor+of+vulva+pdfPDF 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_off0000daaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAF 10892 bytes
SHA-256: fa64a5bba7525aeba60f35e3241cfb3bee60c23cd9c9a12c7aa7f384c03ea3ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B4 19588 bytes
SHA-256: 7e7c3d0368e78ff8773e6e47bfeb05c8b442b42a7c1cde79dccd5d9a990c15e7
font_02_sfnt_off00012645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12645 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1