Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0b6655618f3b2c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 20:15:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e5e763d13b0409c2db0b2cc270cd22ef SHA-1: 2b7f4706ca4e8070f72a2a33826c5989b4aad5e8 SHA-256: b0b6655618f3b2c6c40560f926085be71a11e7bc8c943f11129ce2f76412d282
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or direct users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

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 https://kisikana.hr/UserFiles/files/66711219519.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://duet-czluchow.pl/userfiles/file/ginuvipibederusabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adverto.ee/userfiles/file/20927597141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65b9dd2ae573182a7c3886979c57e283/wofekuboxugeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c83bacd98---tarujadogujekenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowik.pl/upload/26699310100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/dadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/mojobanipedofolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/30567353994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335c828572c---58407059064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea1603814139a6c4c52761c94bc60826/19514185552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/45628269163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e02380b36a---jopodiwanoravifedojisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61145133980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148a4c1ec0af---gaxepedeberageger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/22073054642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/xekobomabojafida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/pevetakasabef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinedelhi.com/userfiles/files/33384194855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613483f87e495---78767497362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/2472301913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbr2ta2mjvaijtae16if3jv734/76924895029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labilenavovudivoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstyapi.com/resimler/files/92484966774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=13377x+search+proxyPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e83b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83B 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 09f9990328e08c7589bbce1952b758b3aa9c305d4e8e86644eb622bc33785583
font_01_sfnt_off00010078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10078 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001188a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1188A 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 0726c392c45570f11b220956c0bbc0e3ebebaa3f6803ab0226d95b726cc29dfa