Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fe36e7528e2b4b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:55:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 96fd097ce2f95c544477943fb9b89995 SHA-1: 3c9765d5fc228e1ea777b0cd2438c2e9e4829934 SHA-256: 0fe36e7528e2b4b9cae91802498d815441176931956ba4448b63d15c66c162cc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites that host further malicious PDFs. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c8f78973b---xekojapopisinebapi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c76864e66a---71029529912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc3bc34c0d---29829423372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh0kj436kici26hg2fkka5lkn1/69855970843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082df13654fe---namazojefubopebusef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47d2df8183a3a64eb5db42a453f7a727/12619637108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/pawasijipepijugifobemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/60432667651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xenabavorukebulobiwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd1512c289---91401226634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/2043563501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93fce83725---64531609052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedutedoribubidedigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/10151671872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edanieltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_6A61C9BF4522A6E7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a816f984540---2648991565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5112272a9---wazusowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/fusaponuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f77ecbc9a88004d61972a38527c23fb9/rulupemufinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/79622214739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f7fe7910378fce4c03b7e2dce73bea4/98470336710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/35433918526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qqv1lg107vas6kropqavc4r64/xugetolitasejugepikaxeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/gopolat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=total+surface+area+of+a+cylinder+calculatorPDF 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_off0000cd0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD0D 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 92c709183fdadcee3fb4b86ceb1b268f9e79c078cc00e6fdadce6aa252e9aa7b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE595 17040 bytes
SHA-256: e52bc3d72f41ac38b1e079ba4cfbbe5bc7eef66f97e9bc447316f08c571b1359
font_02_sfnt_off0001122d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1122D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1