Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0a308e1a2fb031f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:43:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0ea8a1b18f23c45ede0752011d827881 SHA-1: bcc0987c4d18b1985447ff252b6ef5093ece40bf SHA-256: b0a308e1a2fb031fab3e5499ad48eb6f6f1de091562ad5a68bef4ae7d3d7b9b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness, supporting the overall assessment of a malicious document designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14c93e2827---vibukuges.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/76226699747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/44932271222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5rml0igv3p9faml35cm3ls791/80547214786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/64956904557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161153e8e2c583---rarusove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fefa4568843b9292dfb7b1548a80503/38761280125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/zidivibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briarcliff68.com/clients/71184/File/pegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607825232c3db---1623333848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kidefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5e90d486c0c625bc5701853d686a87a/suwokovizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/zesikibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/691810ef08faf4e53eba3ccac8967066/xemomaxifizisare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a77102f10e40c398107c3d46bb4830/wupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078831c1770f---38070647278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/68937677419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fbcca1077---resetizibalomaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a558e1684b1---22126551824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/98673888287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/47739396168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/29137202587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/popovonazawefadiriwezikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medwin.kr/userData/board/file/21935356070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+stoner%27s+cookbook+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854cd8c3181---kesibirisijum.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_off0000de4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF664 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 7a82f249633ba4c6d31393d8ddc2d1f37f570fcbf410106101a037f31e487fd5
font_02_sfnt_off00010e82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E82 18696 bytes
SHA-256: 8c409428b26b2c0a4f1e29d19de73027e8c1c34f85f2c4d3f507a8c51dba9fed