Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f9b744812838e0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-17 22:22:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c73d936d02e55e8f4dcb3600f48fd6a7 SHA-1: 2f7d9f73c2f8b66ee86fbb56d8f65e403ebe0331 SHA-256: 0f9b744812838e0d86e00c9060c3662482876a56a9193c3b0fda0829f8cb2043
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • 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 http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/jiwebibusipiminake.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b022df5793b---kabobesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a1d7dca42---49413955747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/70133944503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ca18d8480---jufesigabunos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8276d1ec0---lazenerezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/62930891346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210514194602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b1e54a53b5345464d2d0a361de421a/bobomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a130273cc5c---paritiwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210604114315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rckcg4gbmurebe6hvscg4d5cvo/31213927564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac61b21d1fc---jazosawefuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/vusixadavadiziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41adef93546ca2125e67613a9d44a164/30559152454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbe6e3ba1e---pasanawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/71958606150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=yugandhar+book+pdf+in+marathiPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off000127a3.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x127A3 12560 bytes
SHA-256: 4010d1e67ce2a7df33f9a674592922d8a2b4382c07dc53235864619ad6144b2a
font_00_sfnt_off0000eda5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA5 5412 bytes
SHA-256: 4096bb7270798a205c140b743eae4f6cd533ca58ed69d9d06f9bf17448872553
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE3 11576 bytes
SHA-256: 87570dc37a98e88e79078316948b46b3a1ad4ca9e48fc8dab9c36e0fd77dfd85