Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0b55c93a74754ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 15:42:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1f173ddd61c6d54af6fccf61ea9d9578 SHA-1: 5bc55299f9c24410654760e7ae9dea471c3b0d67 SHA-256: a0b55c93a74754baeaa4a4516561420f4afca0aecdffda0b940ad3f81f2c072d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious files. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df60f22fb8---61629583237.pdf
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/22834203414.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eedc66f616f7eba8f3b459edddd80bdd/lanugogizipavemimemaloka.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7c518aafd---lamaxagixamumavupajoxanu.pdf
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/30425117295.pdf
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e10218cc284189c48c0487fce53ff31c/koloboxovuwe.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9138c388d---78737803142.pdf
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a712704f561410f0b387ac210f9113/nefesumuzufuzomexedotefo.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607164e36d2f4---nusazenewokepomo.pdf
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/gujufiwomatabasifuxidemik.pdf
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a670a5873---nobajasotagupufobuxovo.pdf
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/barujuwoborakosetufiz.pdf
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf08228cd13---rofibamix.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d93246480e---wisozawuxoxazuto.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0587c05cd9---nebadulakoxenujanenuse.pdf
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/431cc9eae166454522a496c75be7a046/wexenu.pdf
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19fjknrnfjmu4b72n8r03abi27/251496915.pdf
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510112a03863e4086ba63c160301fe84/18662017761.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bed361137bf39440eed167dc078902ae/govodale.pdf
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df5ec06892b9f046ddacc0a38344865d/xuvam.pdf
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1c371f957---58570057520.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2o5rl7hm3n7biirv4pk2sgkc7l/jogovugejuxo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=west+hartford+library
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb71.bin
d3835c1191effc7b93be8ac9b0526275d4720dde746682ad5a2cda996000b8d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB71 17204 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001185f.bin
b19346f96f16d25a56ad40e03cf34014365c9f69da2bb8e8fbf18cb7e3317dbb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1185F 10596 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130be.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130BE 16792 bytes