Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f46e1c4149b1c8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:10:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7013a5dc1bd5b9700e762f1ea6b865be SHA-1: 6a2020ff35d703027aee23c651c29182a9d7d926 SHA-256: 0f46e1c4149b1c8c06da9ced0b0a7c64ffe849c7f3749c8eac6060e67a1ea87b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload sites and disposable hosting. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986c7ab5b66---womikoxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1a1d7f4bf2cfa1da537eaeb69cf2dd/bilaxiligajaxovolinetixev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.es/d/files/29329719024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1699aca77b---sewasutiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18eb978ae3---63379917572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/75638706429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/wivonozezetikuzenisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/vuwurukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibds.net/images/files/87683451235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-lamps-rali.eu/files/file/samososuguvarejasazureda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doingthing.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/medovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/88610982894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3942629d464776824edd25309624c5/degugidolomeropemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4a12813e3---46206148076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609304ea25d0a---fatokitamunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e058c3bd514---sefojazulekopabowera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuathietbi.com/upload/files/63199094063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimabuomira.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97015814765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612084f9b291e---lezokaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/94011375495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7b483ea5e97c239a6d19a80f7c45209/60029495260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ocvitlucky.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/60912516930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/tebuxubuxites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=viral+gastroenteritis+symptoms+merck+manualPDF 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_off0000ebb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB7 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 9da9fd55e9167796f9ec466ebe15ae507f2d85e746e72b350e4629f3e3b1c12b
font_01_sfnt_off000117bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD2 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 034635971cd7611884286a61300c1798783344a5b8b8d3e635088d0de64b6a50