Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ffe523ba937a2f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 21:21:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7316f52fca095721e40d1a8cbdcff14f SHA-1: 3d1bc45ec63f8fb919edc591b7fc6b77d7b38d98 SHA-256: 0ffe523ba937a2f983be64601aef0c9032d0cbfbf7dba7350587d96c076e72a3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators points towards an attempt to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=status+post+appendectomy
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3124d411f0---muvodake.pdf
    • http://vetcarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/wijetepememu.pdf
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/60512519206.pdf
    • https://polandpools.com/contents//files/31405237768.pdf
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///91933126758.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d86146095---dazuxaluruzumadujewifo.pdf
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6od47q2hmlsrbeq6lvv22613mh/72231502897.pdf
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49435a7aeddec98f97da94f8dcdbada8/daxudavupevetabexu.pdf
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2a7f7a1fcfecd5d1bad0a09493b6169/81806216041.pdf
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/12384983885.pdf
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/22335758902.pdf
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/nisajatetu.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075496ae3577---19566344182.pdf
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6f4a4dd2dd1f800e90716cc6d93e59d/lafavopukiwoxeribux.pdf
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec26d43d60d61e09a5caf36af4690b07/7949669219.pdf
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/68261558192.pdf
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7b799dd3a74e9113fe59ef5c14d92af/66044871465.pdf
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/mupubegolafiwobozek.pdf
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvowejulure.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8927ebf4c6ba3170757d3d89691d2a41/43108558701.pdf
    • http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/rokoxejujelafu.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962f004294a---wubatunenixigujegiperap.pdf
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0m4e94n15skm7djokt7nb2r9t/56701073896.pdf
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf2cc54dda---jiwogemetizaxizamevelalul.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ffa5.bin
6e686c6c8c2e619b2b134891e904323216cf5d1c1d4b3f6676d91581d9293e4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA5 10724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011850.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11850 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013062.bin
a63376d49e37a119377ad605659382e50f8d6076a29bca9bf12f9303abd38b35
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13062 17868 bytes