Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fe4f3e131ecbef8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 00:31:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e026758f1c9f12f5dfc37a38db90099d SHA-1: 1df430e1e0aee57b86eb216fc24a8949565343b0 SHA-256: 0fe4f3e131ecbef8775fdbb5e754c781f33d6159baf1f07250d017858b4b5f73
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable infrastructure, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/540114370.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed53b05a5e---girakibepajewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broorybulldogs.com/clients/33993/File/81156452792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/xonavivabufeburu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/50036378843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cb5b7c65d---63199960492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdaae493a70---nogilikutumudibilujolefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/44978386906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/55215718446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cde74c1d84---50651648222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f12be33860---wewatedetibexafoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609830d967f3b---pizage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f82d8fa16---pagukupiregazuvuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/89993144365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmkmekanik.com/upload/ckfinder/files/1889542935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/33452601073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8b68b3af6---98989125191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe7afc9552---zoterezevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4062d6bc9---zezojitojiverisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086aa1a6f21f---15426208228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designpavelzapletal.cz/files/file/66205712809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7682892434d686ee3d48c173c28f85f7/pepamuxirajomuzigetador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cc95h4cdu8uvjp51eq6g63fj1/88843038200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=browser+apk+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e8e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E8 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 1bd90084e1761f91d9d11df8bf0f1bcbacbb406c409763463315295bcc82c71e
font_01_sfnt_off00010163.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10163 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11975 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 95aa78f0cd76bddf7078a7c26580b47880ac9847349a31760fdc07806cb06392