Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0c089f46c92b6e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:17:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fc46d9fc69ee1aa039fa942bafe2a78e SHA-1: dbe06b372b8ffa6925af13bde6fd12fd79f5dd0e SHA-256: a0c089f46c92b6e35b981bef2063ad8fe2671fc394e8d003f2a51e5e5507ae31
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites that host further malicious PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The presence of numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2897233af7---veribavepebixak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607184fbd80d0---favavizimemedovoxobopudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7098ab0feba343db983fd5ae535885c6/mowimilibesetosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/tarag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/zujidaguvabamedoboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608499dcd3494---rezivubidijugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/785721877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/tinuzuwudulugajalowis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608799ace99fd---pogukuzunowalajagufoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40cfcedb283fbcc175ca550e5a5346fa/57068646352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/suzizatagodinajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a5f97a9b8919d58757286a46770873f/84403543280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b188bf33a5---71760123360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8544382e2d---sesavabebuvufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096755c141aa---kogora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f500fd58---dagebeton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/tubezubapegitotira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/39938277723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fbcaf662af0ad7fd48ce725aac0dc2c/givurutegesixupoluneso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06976d5c024369f5c744368eafaf70ca/75145293902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/605d216b58fead6588988abc710c857c/pakijomakejiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb03944e217---63936112842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/bujuvosavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a555ed58902907063134180ff5e742/volezojemenali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/nepugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad4eb24b38---nurewolimuxexowopugata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=2+class+gk+question+answerPDF 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_off0000f2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE7 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 2a9fdb87a8c6c3a76d8d18cc32f3b78906549564d582d65b1fc4e750ceed2d04
font_02_sfnt_off000123f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F5 17384 bytes
SHA-256: a1be5239c3935ab30e667784ca5d0e46e1cedcf59c4b85d21b6b4edb7adae65c