Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fd6d30b172cf082…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 6346b48e82ad6b83efbf52dcd80c12bf SHA-1: 31a93831aad2251437dd431b8fcad62cfae2020c SHA-256: 0fd6d30b172cf0824fa46832cb89895f6b1e2882ef7d21e96e8be49a614279b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with multiple URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a phishing or trojan distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecfb5575c2---gowiserifuta.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/38123304255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86108629774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00551666cfa9b2f18fcf62fde47f0a03/lumitesunamumaxubokuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/63418983551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-qigong-nice.com/upload/files/kadijagaduse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/virerogenejesogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otoform.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wozori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38721288570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c4a5b78eda06a29b897932f71ce4d3/senolejidinumabesebipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad909ef16ac---rumibuvipasamavomoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qs5u8co4u41pbfjrgfi4aeifa/getazidovugubemiviroridi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8d2d76195---jawivifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/85796686413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/sanebagoroporisikodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749fa2dac6a---73997417594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/23190482303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b37f78b92f---34627846328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/5367038566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j934ssbi8acjjl59j8l7bfjdt0/97120700029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b14t9jbmstklp6sjla77qgpc7/vazuradolotir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czminghe.com/upload/files/fesadogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f605558f68ee389ed5f042e1bef9bc1/28228108047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sex+linked+traits+worksheet+background+informationPDF 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_off00010418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10418 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2A 17932 bytes
SHA-256: f054b777070e4fa5f57228da9f591463ec3d4f2c1b4ba9e379790855cb8100fe
font_02_sfnt_off00014b02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B02 11516 bytes
SHA-256: d467948a215157e11333ff5d024e081f6ca0e8f751351b9a6ff3829401354791