Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0a7149fc862f0ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:01:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b3e204f120905e4d3e2e2f23ec757ac6 SHA-1: dff5f6dca059c9b6d19e9b25a3db6df74a852016 SHA-256: b0a7149fc862f0ca5c6c689ef9d8a2a236bd0b0ff9bf568c97dc1ac3a075b17b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to exploit users by redirecting them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+conductivity+of+the+heart
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c77553e4a8---84718959257.pdf
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/58718761260.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e1034a381---regogesiwadexewuwokav.pdf
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a709f444eb1---vufipedoli.pdf
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/gexezewipeputune.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608836d4899a5---9392866124.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2278727e49---mitosamezedaduzosili.pdf
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919311d6998---dijiw.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1il1pd9r69eldb55mf25cj2grb/41208217348.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd252bfeb1---20419140842.pdf
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/19029165332.pdf
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/bexomulateve.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1800906a8b8452a64b1a33e730c8c30/lekupofuvuvugevofidi.pdf
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/kopoko.pdf
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6q40rj125lo07hlocphrarntbt/26229808049.pdf
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/91782967186.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28eb57dc9c---56870285377.pdf
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d615da44e---37300710683.pdf
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/rixawujiwewurik.pdf
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d38c8a5328---fijukuvuwexoxo.pdf
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elhsa30kmar0sbjjgqlqjq31fo/64092456047.pdf
    • 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_off0000eaf6.bin
e577936612804f11303a8714b82a499b26fd1a8e142f2f3e179270d6d8852335
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF6 16504 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115e7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012dfe.bin
5351aab064a06993e7eb93921e325849ea2d326179e0620b9160f330b68e8ae9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DFE 10668 bytes