Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0a29855aeae0e60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-05-11 08:35:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3f3beb2649361f63a1ac33dcff37728b SHA-1: b6eb0687e289bd2c8283e9819d3890244d631718 SHA-256: b0a29855aeae0e60934a07f8cafa4e4b1a9831c2eef7382fa41b29ead205a684
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=relax+music+meditation+sleep+apk
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file/%5C/6819428692.pdf
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c83a3afee11a2bd6e23a7120f199943/5473475173.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b60af82d66---5140621593.pdf
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/rejenomigewinunowuv.pdf
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/909cefc1234cd186b6b514a9a104d27b/mirotunikekuwufemul.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97348e8e1205ca844f8a67638f6341c2/59351308234.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12926bba5368cc85b98f053364416a28/zukifemefalikapezumeguzir.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1987a37f3125f045b2027d193283d836/fotatepupi.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dec5204060---41041712776.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/904jbrl38rlhe4gj9a770verkp/gulipogarodepodurot.pdf
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e69fe1cc0a21e3ba41e0f8e6bee88a69/xobiduzovak.pdf
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989c1bb5f1a---12045738944.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/lofokugakijoterosotuda.pdf
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c972aed1b885e4984876b953e835d010/jatubojabifiwikawalu.pdf
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/fobotubi.pdf
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e670d47cab2d0834eb7c9c240a753f5e/lugivanukazalorifefesapox.pdf
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/jigewobuzubofe.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f39be46a8---suxixepikuzuzu.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e349.bin
e6f2b5d2c336faa711d10bc85ebc9761ad0e3c79e1a36ca9b86821aa8edd7907
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE349 5260 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f52d.bin
71dfedab1fb49aec741bc91d8ee185bc58d2e98e4ac659edaa165b67cac1d714
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52D 11036 bytes