Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fd0e1d6224718c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:32:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c9c5256410293132a35ad36776bbe010 SHA-1: bb68426707b4eb0379d4d2237255a1e9bece48b0 SHA-256: 0fd0e1d6224718c0b9752831386c09a9f54b19528c134db5c10bc74c4b6eca82
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pretext. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware or providing sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13df8493c1---gaziranelovorumog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092950310f7f---6088188574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/39960824872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a41543d69---56059183067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c84b6b2cf5---78926543531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/80070362853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ced87ece20c---15472598698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b04b24e0a0ba6f6f679143878eaab67/12162742786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f886b7d40a431411ba83c23fae23c13/jopaxajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2af668b5cf---labomamufimagesijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/piwakevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/13199506711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noavarservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23114540053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/27485016947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76952212b03c02efcc6fce8ff3685a88/2631420745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/80870138469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellissi.org/userfiles/files/foteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0182e00b2---86881224727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/fexonipezojexikusiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5b834d40edb391737add24d5ebfceb0/kawavizenifoxudameg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bi-acaovo.com/upload/files/mawavatasetatusisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoaiduc.com/uploads/files/dapuwulawujizenipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//61951672807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a89ed03ecbbeca0d1835d54fe0aa32/zixijilibatexedotusipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldcastlive.com/userfiles/file/tokevolokuxodimuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=bicicleta+ergometrica+athletic+advanced+330bv+manualPDF 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_off00010570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10570 11300 bytes
SHA-256: 9c26a539b342912537b38a10e1ad4a5b9ab846ab740d876acb44b237b6f2e111
font_01_sfnt_off00011fa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B8 20632 bytes
SHA-256: e5577a0a8275fdc3f720b4e1683a7e1a336ec5cc73e583b80757fb268a4a10dc