Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f75c7c3d96a2c33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 03:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b2deea3f8b4d1b194139ba13da0fa142 SHA-1: 83f91b7dc9c8b60339dce659a90a3494da5e7921 SHA-256: 0f75c7c3d96a2c3320020a311b2c6f878988e8b679479e176a28b7982a4c648f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is part of a link farm, likely intended to manipulate search engine rankings or redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607718dc1fc7b---wasidutapewimiwuwujo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210530113039377859lux2gt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de5ea687f0---65936202411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88560344815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c3c70414cc82d0dc3fc39fcac9cbdde/tuxomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe442c143c5744dd6b8429c94cd5542f/47620003991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/wafaluxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinimikabewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f361087c79b14824a49f3eb83bc482e/fisulonepunegigujakejuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/tumebemebimaviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13af71cbda---48741476710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/kazefozikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e49u6vn4j0queqaau6jkhh6h60/jigalalubulefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/52296515656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hocikto.info/userfiles/file/vezasawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///71510712777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/bamowozezeduwebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techniq.ae/admin/uploadfiles/file/rowilidate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b651f773bc1---weputegegibepijakenineko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/50342044611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/82728142330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4f99a00b4---videfuxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=prefix+and+suffix+worksheets+for+grade+6PDF 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_off0000d6f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF04 16532 bytes
SHA-256: 8dd17011b3d45a7c16e3be81f301778033c12740f3755e22f8f3d3955dc964cf
font_02_sfnt_off000119ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119FF 11136 bytes
SHA-256: a806aefb4cbf64ade895093e5461d430a106533b43a42a6b53a95c0044fbae35