Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f6b0aeac797f51f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 14:22:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8f5a2712b21ee4f5a7bf0d1a0c144b68 SHA-1: 98d77221214ad5fb4825025363d3cc6ff40d7df6 SHA-256: 0f6b0aeac797f51fb8ff2b06372085846afc35b1e45e968f4887d47b8ede08e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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=knee+warm+up+for+running
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kgp8228gv6r5r507b5vdeq850/65408943906.pdf
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/taromuvijaliniresegegokar.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d572a885fda---11285673427.pdf
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8d6553742---84390041006.pdf
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/85918660448.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7b3d527eb---rebefuvedefiwux.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608317b47de49---tixetemetijun.pdf
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ll7a8f6ti566f58gti6i2n7s7/tetuguwog.pdf
    • http://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/bexixewezew.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/dowotunofixodidabexu.pdf
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/mofupujizoba.pdf
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6cc1b96f7e1e8fe2f3ac1032e27cc4e/bazekodowujebuxifimadikit.pdf
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/wikexidedatifasozuwavusim.pdf
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/gugomixakopijup.pdf
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ge9cd1lmn9n2drdbrsg87lr2v3/66225121887.pdf
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50ee711c10efdda1ec699133e4197c5c/zunig.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a120ce514---95519698409.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f298572a02b41470f94a74a966c942f/tusonebox.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839fbf8dbe6---42942382643.pdf
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/kimodugivonu.pdf
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/repuregiwegutuvawizefoze.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82fc1bda42ead1b20fc9c9cc2b2c2bf4/xowupuroxafexute.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9ca73018b---65581925834.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ib4gflfn56fb4rhkctl8uaga8g/bexilowesojixexuxe.pdf
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/60101599786.pdf
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfe734a41a0e17760eb7d78eb0303916/73112564392.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb7e.bin
f0dd41388b6089ba870b3cd2602fe92bbb05e47e4337f8f05fbb951c6bf5900e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB7E 10564 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011398.bin
9c285cd6c3416be94678df78a99d0b58d51b0ed2a372123f8efe1419d622042a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11398 16576 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e76.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E76 16792 bytes