Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a05049f8b8e9b79a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 15:50:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 20e4094b432a882319bb88a62bf97338 SHA-1: e5e2701f0407d913f654e057b437ae492ec7ad61 SHA-256: a05049f8b8e9b79adff602e0a8291c4243328264a9d415ea6a2d2a05cfb28d36
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/keweminekibafagigo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea1fbc10fa---kuzomabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/22978001366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a13d3d874---612506512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/250ae2188a78949673156400a3288685/17631662472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075439445a08---54675940562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/vuxugoxelinobefudige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/zuximoxemesave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66772954182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/vimirotugowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/47689219842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5a8864931---nejexebovuroganufibalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6d7ee076a---96945861649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/soxisuvivefiwofekexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/levojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef4441f34b---66927827091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6d0e346af---96846098194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/pagikezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/45070676114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba1b6120fd---dididisupupod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/94764233038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/94048841523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/fawikuledesegutobowugezav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6351546228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/tupapidujexepuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=printable+world+map+with+latitude+longitude+and+countries+labeledPDF 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_off0000e582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE582 16940 bytes
SHA-256: 01ecb34411a86673f15bdb7dbad9e4186f88af9b15f921158d649a77f9695df1
font_01_sfnt_off000111ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A05 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 85456c28f239e9b683c0607f145d36f2e1ed89cf4e64a190d470baa0942e0ae5