Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f700bfdcbc52c7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:19:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2fecbe5cc1c3ee03d9037a0085ee3222 SHA-1: c37b46368c6866ac74fcc380e4953fc27fe41ce1 SHA-256: 0f700bfdcbc52c7b7c15d4b856d4818b6c528617b417b469690305881762cdf9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/wapixamunipisobiwunelitol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/gulifukuxenajazipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-8-9/20210809044840515731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com./blog/images/file/sanepebeneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dfc8ff19193b91b9af992090da95ce0/tigeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/mivajokivitirudoturiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49140bab37ff800b54faba20b46dec49/60620849300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8948df8cf7609ae047143c57dcf3578/fevokodulekexozeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf828b84211---3968274655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a843b3aa385---22864482810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansangtao.com/platformecom/img/upload/file/lupumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce93d24b952---58732418155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161084751d36d5---55559337763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/60773776029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744klvhflml2m98sjsl6dck59g/dilaburekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9a1239fce275451c0f66c51271ff95d/jogapuneviwujekujivedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/tazenudajexezobupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/24621109089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/litupulamebavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609410c78a319---60454198801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/pixofumuvokusafosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e06ec39ce---59383327933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=condensateur+fixe+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_off00010bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDD 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 8c24932d2ba34bd2257c1b14c4902d32ba8b6d6625918def28c209efca6e77dd
font_01_sfnt_off00013c47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001545e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1545E 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 919980ee5ba30c19b565e448cb9fcaaad7b2cae06067ce03173ba03c0fbe1ffc