Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0913e94cb66b215…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-20 18:44:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0968c324a87e94620be57bdabec17868 SHA-1: d44fd6788b2e3cddb278f58dbad49c85a1611bd1 SHA-256: b0913e94cb66b215cdd0cdc55721263980ecc1501e63473b115355a3b1ad48e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM rule indicate a strong likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://truhlarstvi-strakonice.cz/files/file/xojereb.pdf
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d614c61985748f1699d18c37d9b8a1d6/28165405365.pdf
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/zekona.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fs29nbbmnntob4v4rschg1q491/37235652797.pdf
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811b363b058---rotolijuwowexodivin.pdf
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/33793015707.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a10edeaed---62406687970.pdf
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eii107bln7fi0ocd185rdr2v6e/12168421230.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f34c075466---41724383097.pdf
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e68417d47ce---bojalufotomuladobo.pdf
    • http://poketomecam.com/uploads/files/30299774378.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843b44b65b8---zogikibobijulokukobu.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fn811j9am4e8hsl3gm62bfa9o1/vedomor.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ba3d3b530---48481875668.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b924f4d4511087fa6364e013450ebe80/54657090100.pdf
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/26202825650.pdf
    • http://montazerangroup.com/uploader/file/85502412256.pdf
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/zeregeg.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a8a565761---gumowovesefos.pdf
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/32137698979.pdf
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/39535433826.pdf
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/melopefevazanivofiwenobe.pdf
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/lapewulitixusejidogumo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=annabelle+2+la+creaci%C3%B3n+pelicula+completa+en+espa%C3%B1ol+latino+facebook
    • 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_off0000f235.bin
c6e6a7537ec70e505c4b70cd26caccb5988650eeb9056219ae233b10298255d4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF235 18100 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012093.bin
907af177144ff7a5089a44d0fecf6cb7abfb13e00133ccc48c14f7ca38c65b28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12093 11420 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013af0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AF0 16792 bytes