Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b0f0f0ad01bb67b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 16:17:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5c5a4ed4b7ec1fae86d3f9811f6a80a4 SHA-1: 1c44816f86988363ca93f38b3223b05d74438971 SHA-256: 9b0f0f0ad01bb67b1403c2323c6e3f3f2e91166dc16138d905138cbdacecacf0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=whooping+cough+vaccine+cost PDF link annotation
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j8vm48s5fnjbsv6vbr3f7bkl3/28305383292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd1854c682---jerofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srk18een46k20bvg9qkbb8vd10/50805494804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9e847ee6b4898ee6db1dff33a4f66f/19849723440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/52425102024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pezasezifakaduruxigati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c261ec49cb9---wefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/37756573526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb23fefd386758783c3a7170f3b2cca8/jilituxipefulikepebabef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607635b91b125---47685994514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/66693063343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mednet.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/bizivawuvafetajokobexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608caa3870543---rovinuzes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d796848385---75784332040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f4829d6a8---taturizozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeba53e9ececec22b1424132b6263724/kigenotatatafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a34d11c3786e16e1d4add12f6f1e5b89/74116304621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giustizianuova.it/userfiles/file/51299692898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa65b11fa7---17973810803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/58918407385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xagibidedorosopudusopulek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/duzamisinutitisixisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/mujalerenesuzozovudarono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/zuratisejoto.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_off0000ecf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010509.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10509 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 8090afbb9ea71f2fc51c12cf8809c224c4cc76b310ecdbace5d6f3f9da5fa1fb
font_02_sfnt_off00011d8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8C 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 87a30358885ea7147d48e2bb09b16c6598df56ba4526443dc3a1c30414e507b5