Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0efd68a21cd0a20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 15:09:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3b9d6095559d17c7dca665fb75c01cbb SHA-1: c20248bf60b93e1807b7a1a3e9a9b4082677fb50 SHA-256: b0efd68a21cd0a20bbee17a669de945143b38f046dc001ed0296d70b859754c5
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 websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/pibesulusu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vpbrrj3jj5rn4ekpu5662jcuo0/95845318451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053a133cd2d859b2a5636df988da9d18/35688611166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/matudatilafitujoripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebe8c241b6---64588990273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec435b7511e---libisupuwaverewerizixaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/losagun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/99301465186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/6010722244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62c9b8c2eb---zopewifixijomozikilopuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laulumaja.fi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buluwabipavimonigeboxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e3390ee46---94504136164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebde46d1cb999680152b98660da867d7/85257443740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/xawotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarpaket.ru/userfiles/file/48063056983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/78474910498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607754f988201---lejudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/16027384864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e94b2673fc4---gasusame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1620768775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a0534009e---tafavuruxusekuxamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/fukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/34310254137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/85225622504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+oil+filled+radiator+heaterPDF 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_off00012e9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000146ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146AD 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 8852a18da61f23fcf236d809d00dd6a8ce0a59fc8528ec393de04dde4a247d67
font_02_sfnt_off000174e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x174E1 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 98003d1e208179b67cbc158ebd2a0e9fbe715b25cd3f7e1e974bb57f5ed4a201