Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fbbb2aa8689c97c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:50:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5d87f8ee19551d1ab8f2a1d0407840d3 SHA-1: 7af03f757c9528b2238cf6b42cf01657cd11ae99 SHA-256: 0fbbb2aa8689c97c2cd043167bc0797df607f6ce0aaa9647a32af3807d26d1ac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, forming a link farm. This suggests an attempt to lure users to external resources, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

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 http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c5253a68f---fajinakitufomux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48761f18ddd37bb91debca47147b20cb/73889790773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/953beef4b872960ce8ceb17b76f1b162/wusimubaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/45102171278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/kijulolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/43623938735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/ponufusowasosajuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5886405ed8---92822014642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c725ff970c5b1a975b1997a6455fde/80914777656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/juvurixasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/fuzozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607005be13c46---rewozasulajegufojibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/wovezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/62316623235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/taniroxefuweworagofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfifmmdpf9asbk67ftl4eh5fm3/sujuzodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717e2e27efa---zanalofiwasodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609777d6ed38a---lidafevase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqvspia9mcqlm1lhddmunfobr7/76489620415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ed1c0ed98---11670599629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210609205523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kl4dionn24sabim35svstf8kn/1446718176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbfb6a1313---nubefoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19c0de1728---darirugapufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usdcp.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/37593475672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38e04df9b5---7444952232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/58251474561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/3878893196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+fire+red+sword+and+shield+gba+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF103 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 39e16c669f89b4b2902f434957c132a9d6fe15897a34be5eba096aeb5f163ef4
font_01_sfnt_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 20036 bytes
SHA-256: 254a07af969c51e8d5707d716b8640b7097adf14b5bf52358b7d8c8ca623cb90
font_02_sfnt_off00013c7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C7B 17036 bytes
SHA-256: a0c77d14ca1f6956bed5fb1cae73a935ca1d948738dc61f0b6f9612ae193b6fe
font_03_sfnt_off00015552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15552 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1