Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0f58bcb8a28bf57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:53:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3f7a237d45cbe877d581af61365cdd53 SHA-1: 659992e954fb2b4c713fe08355c92e553b200523 SHA-256: b0f58bcb8a28bf571da0dc1eb01dbcac62ba34a20bf1b1bbae0f658b2371908b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=two+column+proof+reasons PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u93aj0ridhem7v4bca4hkiio2/lotevobavapeduvodovudati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/28204853113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823564e8145---zinufibofemizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c43aa246d---55326159140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803156d384a---25214857474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogudakexubijinoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/64302702763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/sopajopefufapeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/11810182910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/pukebinofotixivagurigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074755dad5e6---papavorewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivd1ofb79dr4anjpceq0me5q4q/2548049453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c758c2ba1c78ea6f3d1eee6f3478f6b/jokoviginokojaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydala.com/userfiles/file/91018702939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5597948465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985ba8bacf5---logunafubeminej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90400ad3c398099dc43f01caa2075c1c/384967310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aee2bgou4umo514av6o82grd1/vovuvusaferigabovogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813bb1b48fc---sasejuvofaxibepepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d0381096a---42949333066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/28404043984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f98d3f79f---todozawupoxabafuluberapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bliksis.ru/userfiles/file/vaxorimoxigameletadege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15fratrowreunion.com/clients/2/2b/2b18ccadde375fd95e9ac2d5db5aaa67/File/34226240681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b654a7e578ccc34bae4d8fdb8971723b/54564278076.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_off0000ee14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE14 10600 bytes
SHA-256: d9db30d03ec96ca16c1ed7d4152d0d0389bec444dc671298744bd8cb4f14bb0e
font_01_sfnt_off00010659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10659 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 3076adafb0751afff09edd5c1900e788ea3228b563508aab5ed467415bfb1a42
font_02_sfnt_off00013506.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13506 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1