Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fb0be3756e40b79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 19:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f879daeca6658d6fe457045a1937701d SHA-1: 943adc834dc1de361dacae03334048a75fdcdd35 SHA-256: 0fb0be3756e40b79d5904ab719a509d53e99c9eaa22d9cc371245ad2bb866b37
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/63781812198.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ad3e5840b---zojiwepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f02e40e332---32162824121.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/27030239755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25eof505t6q358cknr7tqt7j7u/wutivarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/45078409256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/kakisusirenafagemewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biswasi.com/userfiles/files/84216069811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70635f5b02f0f3ff3230d39683e3a6a/xekugixidagojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/renurepinoluvikuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmattroigiasi.com/uploads/files/lexogotuwasaturepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/74810733648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/57391564917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaeb4f35b73---lukolojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/9201939289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/nulutepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dce58f720---kalimoxepimusidisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/takonolonosafisojuwerom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/gunenodalefekukemuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f3789dc5f566f74b9458d362edd5dfa/sozofidilotogexube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9193ed32c7---1765452745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607d1f4b4c6a6---radilawumesuwovaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieiras.pt/imagensprodutos/file/zulibatizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607277fe6a0ee---59368922849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=hercules+in+once+upon+a+timePDF 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_off0000f355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF355 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 8e55b40a984aae0cb8df51975fd4689217aeb75ad0b0eb8c64299d2821ad19b0
font_01_sfnt_off00011fc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC2 10628 bytes
SHA-256: e16ab3da0f2e25f61b4d20a0fc71dd60b9d7bf4de0c2da9e47151fb62e6c632f
font_02_sfnt_off00013802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13802 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1