Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f7a55473201ec7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:12:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4f07c7984084f721a314cc0f8455c756 SHA-1: f205c3139513d19497fe3d3633275d5c3cf4a73f SHA-256: 0f7a55473201ec7c2c9394b2f4bc690682f4bd1c6f2949cfe1827f63279347a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly indicated maliciousness. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malicious download attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa838f00d8c---simabojetiludaganajijop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c135a9c560---pexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodeslaboratori.eu/userfiles/files/24851380857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/58660075708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/xebowowimanugoxudakiromis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nj8cc7vg4sf41s7hl21sl6n704/tulikane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ca42c8f60---39949007487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cansr4odiiunbej7biqa2d8gpc/61120313846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/83332434294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/46627705018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/50225016467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyorszol.hu/userfiles/file/6316212295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomsistema.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawabonufowuliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83bf740a2d250f058773e7448af63ce8/rixijiketijopuludade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hornets88.com/clients/56662/File/dugevonikuzumipojagetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b521e572f---16537807145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental1970.com/clients/5/52/52cfbc2c58cc98a1938bca6351e90795/File/65796924191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusantarabet4d1.com/contents//files/sakikabodotajonewixuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zodikomexosojopuvavipafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jugamexaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=wishes+exercises+pdf+with+answersPDF 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_off0000c405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC405 10732 bytes
SHA-256: ec5f9903cd3798687a21e85a2f7d9b6e75b48cb6a0657867c14517c1df93a4cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CB 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 6e8e10421a8a939a6aa61d93a52d803d22b409295851092166332831ca9daba0