Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0f604bd5e1b98dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-08-01 10:33:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: be01906af92129fcfdfb4a1f04e03caf SHA-1: 276820017fc17b8a58cd32204b17dc6e5c9ba756 SHA-256: a0f604bd5e1b98dd036068e2527c1b230c514169ea8359a34849c58486025035
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely to host further malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scripps+spelling+bee+school+pronouncer+guide+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc130b92128---11199465198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c162284fa7c---83894785869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/guxenexinasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c73bed6574---remotidila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/rumifibabavakinuwoneba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e209d404f2971a690e6fb1bc834a7613/renepakafawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/38897765159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55jmap1khnqk079nnokn1rji3n/minanivemidikuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56607ea36fab818f11e9a8e372d94bfe/35647597860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/9331143740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/megosomikakikovirazosevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8524a62d6df257606df0d050d6579ea3/67317023318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/komuwoxubagowonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/48860390773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slippersymposium.com/clients/875641/File/82113041374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcss.hu/korosi/userfiles/file/jogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-30/20210530080052294619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87b07e73c9---30610614103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6167f352aae9c94608e7b3ba04e67ca9/rurirufivakutijuzaxoliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j01p7qaaqh6nl75id1nsndquo/tikadorotowupogetizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh0g2fq96v0di6ipdodddn9p3n/bozomafupotutimime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bfd5da7e4---20428604744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b3d2ca528---xeweligumepizamifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/dimajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/lakugesexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caydinhlang.net/userfiles/image/file/62801929285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161053f91cf873---nuluk.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_off00011f31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F31 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 6dc488f86be00abaad57f66759761b9c4bdd180eef682f6f754bd5ea0920a59a
font_01_sfnt_off000138a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A6 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 365642157e54067d89830020396c7228f1775e72818f2e9d52cceeea0a35c80a
font_02_sfnt_off0001676a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1676A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1