Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f10b485126c7756…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:01:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 64fe8e6771e5a5c715ce228021bfb548 SHA-1: 2ff9d882aad7aa4e0ccb54f8cca2dc06a4032705 SHA-256: 0f10b485126c7756467f9bf4a7cd96d9b955acf2b4cff96024f7ecec6fcd0c4f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs extracted from the document point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to external resources. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945afa87131---guwoduzokirobiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3585d6292---60453634692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f0743fa9c5d14c627a2c48117ee5b72/wiralitatove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/fagewofiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/11389875821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a61e6aed57b9ab5672e908f6350a90/80319077844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6fa24883aa---sifipula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wutujawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vogiantinhmach.com/media/ftp/file/zakokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/zumijixokikefaxeduzixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eminenceinc.com/userfiles/file/42714646082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/1630013206291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/10716885981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/pewabivewelaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents//files/jeximezazatotumotakamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/siladajarelozoxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakipoglugroup.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vobukizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-brno.com/files/laboledulezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aca4383efb---93872837516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdj182kl3c4eqsbingqa76cure/ritejibotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/ropejuxirabagipopinalulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511890201ff497f736bbe3b676ec724a/25517958282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe51bb775---lusotukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0595c1bd5be936e5f5a311d475890b/suvofugutesedawibazanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=september+month+current+affairs+2019+pdf+bankers+addaPDF 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_off0000d494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD494 17752 bytes
SHA-256: bde130c1619ff2ba25ef074f21741c0d47afe7145ea556cbed39110bcb18e733
font_01_sfnt_off000102d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D9 11708 bytes
SHA-256: 1d07b8016b87665bdf91f9c34c1eae4c81653baae11bb008172858927810e0d6
font_02_sfnt_off00011e66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1