Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0bc59b6cf6f4e14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:04:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 01fe03d2079c40cb0637095429565067 SHA-1: 8cd168dd43f63d7d38dbb9d39b3d96fe9d5192e1 SHA-256: a0bc59b6cf6f4e14fa32cd9d2ce02a29b625b72bc9008ff3e68fef52099d35f7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded action trigger. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3f804dd0d---15918190574.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagatinose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae96f5ecfa4---28419649008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/giligibivewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da9462e6e6---newudixifilek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec92a1a06733f227ce94f9fe67eb8933/39616063030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/34352387560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi0m1mmr0lprdma2im6hth8ccr/24353163598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd3512bed0---94155775862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b7300918ea448664a2701c850fd5110/66737206875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lk92kq84p9s2ugs2e5gr49u793/ketivozoxenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/57907031039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/44869197474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a501197cef7406506ad0abb5c4beb9d6/gijubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baruraprotidin.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/2614298401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50155330605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t74cnocmkmchlsj8917gku0ouc/52795452340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/kuzawujosogufodegafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/memorek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/gujaxinuxatubovowupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairmonteast1975.com/clients/0/01/014dde3c838f86fef2ac1d31a86c415b/File/70383612263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://receptlap.hu/files/zokigagogisexebepotumazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53f67c9ea1eab678e5e9a73c95742045/72932923081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113d764a6bbb---sunumudevejiwofuxatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=homelite+pressure+washer+owners+manualPDF 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_off0000b2e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000caf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF9 10692 bytes
SHA-256: fff6b7030b62f6598757af8c3f5fd9dea9b1263924922cc2d3e68f09b1363ec6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e34c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34C 14092 bytes
SHA-256: 67a5dd46d6d82f8e39644826942a9e018f5679b35370ca3af47ba91b102dcfb5