Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fb0da19274041cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:10:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 57210fe47547251869e84f8ba2f52a90 SHA-1: aaa2253356c84dd98b4b269eb055e480b7a60b29 SHA-256: 0fb0da19274041cbce1b6e37b88d48d129973bcef8c317c47938a4093f701cb7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly indicate a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792d1baefd7---54892093352.pdf
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/10/file/20210510_111923_157.pdf
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/74348889706.pdf
    • http://glamour-nsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedupixekulokade.pdf
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/rutepowur.pdf
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/90889828424.pdf
    • https://congnghethucpham24h.com/upload/files/kirojofe.pdf
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/63416149337.pdf
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df0e53a936---90549374419.pdf
    • http://expnavi.com/sites/all/sites/default/files/file/5620752936.pdf
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9argi9nri8153u1819uvdpvg7/godemizirodunon.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b3de0b4ac---pefofotugubideg.pdf
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/78810460198.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bc55d8a7d---filalilejafazire.pdf
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/motitug.pdf
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/86406748650.pdf
    • https://1snrpaulista.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemunilagenudejenewezev.pdf
    • http://thegibbsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/d9/d929505c7faf6263097cc97620c39d65/File/gales.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5e09be9b41---jomopelovurokegagakab.pdf
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20411412102.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8ed3066cf---sezibapefuziteb.pdf
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97ltmlojc2dcr8a0dj55vq4uvj/66478268927.pdf
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/63536499110.pdf
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/14490209538.pdf
    • https://keram-market.ru/files/uploads/files/vulumasavubafowozipekaf.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611448594d223---bikifoxatopupegilexiveg.pdf
    • http://rockbond-aac.com/id-admin/fckImages/file/robenajodu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=kindergarten+dolch+sight+words+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_off0000dfe6.bin
2e83fc403e06d66ca5e5855d4aa8a3c3405689cd90a20382de8c7e2268a003f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE6 17900 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010dcd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCD 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125e4.bin
e504e0df90a7831bf79b348a4dbc649afbde22a30b248c519c2318d90f3eda04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E4 10976 bytes