Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fa6b905453120b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 07:49:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0727d3210a36e40d763f6e341ac3781c SHA-1: c9dadff4219b12d97d0bc9491214c9e6983ec3da SHA-256: 0fa6b905453120b019c0118a0ab925002b298326c7fb68c1bf95d81d78b88692
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its purpose beyond the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+class+12+textbook+pdf+state+board
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/646fae2e03887fa5f97102d8090203b2/totabikorulagaxajuwe.pdf
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/87207442596.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6011d0c8b1f05c4882f8c136f6778850/muxinujuxowoziv.pdf
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xuxidalefesofudorawaw.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16ac6dfefa---fumururu.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca05e9f437---26799536091.pdf
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/lefazugefato.pdf
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af8623fa3f---28904176956.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6e2713c5e---xulifoxosejinuze.pdf
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a0c0a8093e88a37e415686b64f79436/togezevaxidulirasekazix.pdf
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b077d3569a764d1f074a50363c9d969a/vefisemefidad.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa35781fa84---15587082094.pdf
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/fubisi.pdf
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/fedipoxakopazokawuwexef.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed444e2a4c---kikasobifi.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rjpk5tu42oh7681925bcs7hhj/36680767817.pdf
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/surom.pdf
    • http://bryanhigh78.com/clients/72554/File/zizivovelojidogez.pdf
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/gaxumalepavidixud.pdf
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0i986gg3vnlju8jnt71v0h447o/84767602689.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a33ecda74cb283be7f714602a22ad617/61758882034.pdf
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e8b7202a816f1fb18d334b15f39023c/36827265714.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_off000122e0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013af2.bin
527030e454cdbf3da3a2b98ab43cc73fbe35f0b27f9f7866add028b3f56e36dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AF2 17644 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000168bf.bin
6d6a02dc2448ac8d8504a1fa08d1a89a899038cd1a8c8a907925549ff25c3f9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168BF 11432 bytes