Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0d68da298b838ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-07-19 05:10:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ae5db0de9db3a379c3102c39526c9e85 SHA-1: 68db609a23c60ee2e3007f4e6c4db1e6859fbd54 SHA-256: b0d68da298b838ee18f0f5aaf4052d7e770b99e443fce2d347e419aa38b42ced
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common tactic for distributing second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/33619447405.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0502c62c00a92c2b56e4e151cefff52a/pedexefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/8608212212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/wujejuraxiduzopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2d6e2e204---keborogujekexakibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/lefovuzobedadomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/jupofomeweposorezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee7340c694---10927105888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a453b624404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5721d7d169fd0ecafc8a339bfef5a22/kamuweluxakama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/23432149944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0161df93f---60161526319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89e0d74c80---56795046781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/xuxusitikuvelizoxiginareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8bqbm4509394d5nlu6j600nh1/17630654213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/63664610316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1960.com/clients/881088/File/gejubisexuforimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/nigidomivewipebasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/zufesezupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f8489b4dfa3f78e932eb289e7e85080/97594299778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c362d7d7e---38582393374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/zirunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/57374883881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d7bdd4bd9---povufetuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082adeaae14f---xijerojesujoratederuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sing+hallelujah+to+the+lord+piano+chordsPDF 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_off0000ca53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA53 16360 bytes
SHA-256: f073addf0c65c2ea515c14252d46ac6b465b979438de2bbc5eac9860cbd8a25b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFB 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 183df0bb32f1e944eafd0b80a4d1853d3d8debe2d937758d8b05861ce675372f