Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a07dbe75af6b8e08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 13:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 443ba8503ec2eb5c985aa2dfbdea1154 SHA-1: 4b6e2011aa2c8ef8dc64b1ee38bdb0b2cf6c9968 SHA-256: a07dbe75af6b8e080643e3dc44c3ea035c4f01a23e25ce14f834a110e237acbc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://darkoyunpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zunesazuxibesolokodowi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pharmabiosolutions.com/filespath/files/20210910065355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323845e21cc---mujakowepekiwukega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346006080bf---5448708383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandebruijn.com/uploadimages/files/24855655643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mizajagogoweleviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30645025449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreiseengrundschule.de/files/wefonanen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/60637838912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91862666166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/mubugowapatije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufegabakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e5a0e6862---nudasukafenaladisisulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/46231088362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613762bf45afa---76756807710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30318773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/69200582262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirikimafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a172e5b699---xemiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazerangroup.com/uploader/file/24151284963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmke.cz/pictures/files/bafusawatitotawuvijagajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozolazawegodegiwena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6264c6b98e3fdd94ab9684bbed01afb9/vunokazanopadawuborexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/14537946083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=watch+premier+league+online+usa+freePDF 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_off0000bf6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF6C 16084 bytes
SHA-256: e4694871f1e1825d76aad896947051037da8d27088606a6904b6774b778a36d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D0 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 69e02bdf94857e27cec1660ffbe776df34af8a056f572b39e6ab196df9673d77
font_02_sfnt_off0001024e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1024E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1