Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0693baace5a9b68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:54:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6cf21ff3759170d1ce61a52289dfb147 SHA-1: 31123f80cb871ed37b336386238e4849d9efc6a7 SHA-256: a0693baace5a9b68cc20a2cdb5108462fa5b5bb68db7a9fdc975770d015b6431
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery, likely via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flysky+fs-i6+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/85637939593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/kopopesorowoxipujuvaniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611195c0178e2---xozoluxerapimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98f07a7a96969fabb2b711280cb92a67/lozuniminoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/jinijowedifukovuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/50252720272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/92217446385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/wegivekoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deed9c1487cb4d0fca33fce76d62428b/xefawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/fufodavokebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/besugesirejororamot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gisefawuwilapad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangquangauto.com/files/25752055628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///kusebazonivanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7cfdbfdd2d40e2ceec8ff13924ef12b/xofimezotilepofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810f696381f---xitup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stapper.de/sites/default/files/userfilesfile/rirokajokerevuzemulival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/07/13/86077628544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/32591269150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a865427a594---lewidumoxokekitumokasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitneyclan.com/clients/c/c7/c7afcfad87c307b096642b2e35f52d25/File/tijixopowokezinopuwidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021071409220195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9779510012227bc0c46d0f4134e9edf/15435042608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/18861189625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61baa871ed7bbd076c44059e1e71e19b/pogojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/lenopojofiporujexemovupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ate9r6ee6o8gpg25ns8hhakpqh/33640385745.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_off0000bb60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB60 16940 bytes
SHA-256: 84be4a200697d9f05312b734d5a972ff784ed0e7c4fcb8d80e9ef3f2564cfac9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE746 10640 bytes
SHA-256: c81d919fb754ccdabd6da44e47c971a24e7ad74d91ced8119d011728d51086e0
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1