Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0af135f44530e9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-08-12 12:25:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 46f3742ba8b31acef1c6a67223b6d504 SHA-1: 133a928a24c075502891eb22fc2206793db8211c SHA-256: b0af135f44530e9be22cd576a961f90d318caba8616f1a933370fcb15982646f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or are hosted on disposable domains, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+a+bestway+oval+pool PDF link annotation
    • https://tekstilkentrehber.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95158754719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/12896146977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/tevujogupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/70851771486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a617d258764---fowaxozujukanevimojesiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-isc.com/userfiles/file/rigamenaviforutome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15889163.com/ckupload/files/biwepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe1ee2168a---69159980643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074350200b35---xezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/xunixogilazalabiliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37ff94ab4f4f662b56776731ceb0029/kixovajuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8ef860907---tefekupubofetove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3f511d459---12254752029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/51746434656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5hsdllrucbksj564loamcevc2/41322111399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/zefufafegorosavonojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30b24706c53570ab720ff27e4aa9ab17/foditepopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1edb93bffd8e9163758ea3f111dc3646/jotamuduwusobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/ronivuzelepulapifako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/89448954220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b6645b8db---depuvobos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2647dfd45---nejalosobixafiraxenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ts0nn9250vub7v0fjqar785d6/14893584466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/matasevig.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_off000106f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F2 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 2cd730a8182e9070cd56cf409e2c93e0ac7b72606b298978a15f3bb2b97ef7a9
font_01_sfnt_off00011eeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EEB 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 6d540199e4aae9bc0272f72b4d6ad998172106d93591c4c2aff97b41c925a73b
font_02_sfnt_off00014dbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1