Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f66dda70f3b11a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:29:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7abb441f0dda005d58891a6cd716b75c SHA-1: f80934edf553d0bf775b1bf76de23793e21d22a9 SHA-256: 0f66dda70f3b11a935ba794274e9fddabb0ef892e6cc729e31c4a5d10ace5a23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised Content Management Systems (CMS) or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm nature suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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=is+coconut+high+in+oxalates PDF link annotation
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/mojopabunotitaseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundailed.com/upload/editor/file/4644841027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b12c2db25---jewikunuzapaxejuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607695e716d87---xewanovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e5d458461---tenexotexagumumazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/zoresawutusosatukijajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/89840259133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbdbcf5a927---bipefenowovazemajapekuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fd8c8ac7c---xibesesinetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eee22ea54---ludusexedexifedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c9a25206b32177b961544d0d3657b87/86294743130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba02258bdd9---sorinisowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/wower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57062e9e2a10e24dc9eb4ccc2ebcbbac/28554560686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a79804c6f2---jazedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a683a3262a4---zitutegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/57407983034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fc926b40c---foveroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/332221cb8ff55cdb18e708d86982a157/wanoxorategivamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d574f4b5bda---25109142811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af73b9226aaddb852eff74c97043b00/penuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b82dc8aee0a1c1b8bd0db1477c5220f/nofopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/nexexodusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34302cfc6e---23080505854.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_off0000f0ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CA 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 22e55fdfcb05ead6d89202299a36459993d9e52db8f2c2db039f623e6db8c73b
font_01_sfnt_off00011d00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D00 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 27271ffb4600107114751ad05366fbd63f8b61b8e643e48070b5c0a73e5722c0
font_02_sfnt_off00013514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13514 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1