Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f0f2cdcb3eb07cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 28acbda6cccd9551f48b58ee242434a3 SHA-1: 08643ef444e20ffda57340ceafa3e2e0a4015324 SHA-256: 6f0f2cdcb3eb07cfb6b03ce2b4ffaa405672a7e8fb78eb2101c2d539102f7eaa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, utilizing an image-based design to conceal clickable links. Multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The presence of numerous external URIs, including those pointing to WordPress upload directories, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calories+in+fruits+and+vegetables+per+100g+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/tuvoruxubolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ohou8n58ceq8istr7pis5e020/gerajorevikokolizeseder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofo3l3ttvn6nbe21uaqe45aoe6/87616916048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/71144278707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicabg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/lelutalixefugolesiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c984ae50217---89996555935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/mexikugabijetigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ronulibipepokezemifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0805140d5---tilivavenatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/15225636878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e420552ff---42431001464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e013260cb3c95475af6aad0dbc325b2/mizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vpn-solutions.com.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/setazesusoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/pikunapijusanidubugomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaditrading.com/userfiles/files/80320225550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/60756181658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f972da2c2159d8b75e917c8229513818/99058397725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/sazurupevejisesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55532962152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/jiwaganekerobopezalofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/59501996694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/83981192889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000aed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAED4 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 9bf2d7e7f3acf2064995e32f2455f70e99da9cbbecc38a7d0694cf05a29f3d2b
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8BB 13652 bytes
SHA-256: 49b8018d6cdc025449761108521605ab80cbdc1cc9a0fdc031704d88260d3402
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1