Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0614d0e92cc1328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:43:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d7fbb51a0ff4d3c5f3532ec9e04573e6 SHA-1: 3423292c2368f4e97b562b82b5d66cf861176cec SHA-256: a0614d0e92cc1328f5f6eb6f876a8c3906e682ef6c2ea80197db4ebab386cf0b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious redirection techniques.

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://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b299e4621a9---depufi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2b8b240030---bilasubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/96715681059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/134b8fd94aec3e2d6eb96440ad248540/makopipenokurobuwevonapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08c97e536b20baed33fccadb4264af70/mapenebodexunajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03d237bddf---66545161775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/maliraribunutazowisefere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b491a423813---kupaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/tazewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kirezogaxisiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18f014932674672968a1209e276f9f19/84247212773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb18d75b7e---xafatuvofosumizawudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/49553094843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01ecc3226c67805a5536ad4492c978a4/41506108373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21acf1627164ea7c8c0bbeacda971a39/11191851487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ueq34pf479jgv31bm3jpiu7ms4/doxulemimedajeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/89254100127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/79498330856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/25743383973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5256c83f85---20636687656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d51f92d51---kulipokananiratiniginep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/227a903d7930077648ac7291e7e6fca8/rotemusapowunufiwolebawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/xatilexodewejiwifukavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021062622185468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=oil+on+water+rufus+characterizationPDF 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_off0000ebbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBBE 16928 bytes
SHA-256: fb86a935320c02e45ae9795a82c825b17befbfea815e3ba90485727305867975
font_01_sfnt_off000117ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117AB 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 326e02def228fb13a8ad181c8bc46d5a748a47961e2a72f1eeea73fe0ec8e4dd
font_02_sfnt_off0001304b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1304B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1