Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a021fd7e0a9bbbf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:56:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4735991e5ce2e405afa617aaec2dd77b SHA-1: 97a80d90756bc8d2f45aa5b48fb8b925fc387566 SHA-256: a021fd7e0a9bbbf2f54103bf911883995e15cb091e842cc95cbf830bae9ab167
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ocean+zones+worksheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff77c420a9c---pubavarokunevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e81dad2fb---96084171359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linker-apps.com/files/16676297360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efad196da4---5192469460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a797551305---54403822122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755c2ed4894---jekusiditoxufupefizitudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cbc8ca354---6083835535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161277ac3c930b---51929299790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fa38cbbaf2---rijuveborowezorixabij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulleungroadtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210809_EF2008EE01090A1A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/14453777029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/43445342173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/pufebupotunavefabotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divetechmarine.com/contents/files/32937021895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20734720163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28779189633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2h4sjsuoj0ugje9rb5ikghe21/gidimovefutonatejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/tafirusobutibavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/85853968297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309ff6f7e9fb7b25acac2b1c131d8527/zunegujujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1ae9640f6---68354551894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/fakepegaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kuvqf0ohmbkvfco7tfa3sr2j92/1148082913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/kiwakawapukabamowiwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/52717079660.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_off0000e482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE482 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC99 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 689eee508cae50519a0abc2b5680f46ef483b400ddd6854e928a9be353b02232
font_02_sfnt_off000115ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115BA 18684 bytes
SHA-256: f979a1fedfe77e0f014b6abfea3c9f110936e1a62cf91aa190b69f9682ba2989