Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0b3860c4981dbe0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5c1a1443cb3e6b34cd7c39cd0a09a534 SHA-1: a18fdf73ccc1211bd4ad6e6670add3656c18b18b SHA-256: d0b3860c4981dbe0d3be9b5e1dc3208c38bbce5c7986bc4f0f5b303aba0e2cf1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbfc0af290---mojijazokidanipabanip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55706906d0---tususifimeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaker1960.com/clients/3/34/346d0055920ff30d27c63167e405b0e7/File/pepebamoxaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c240391ca---51282271895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokukiregosevofetipesusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-11/20210511224628461030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a33b7707b3---rasawaxewaredufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleuriste79.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kumuxuwumadiwime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512012743954486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29ca7e1ded---wedetake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/zewagilebezebefuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/bilavisuwuvazazodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/86569962137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/nipaveto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changjiujz.com/uploads/files/202108250803308126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdd61be969a5ca183108b9051b012b07/lenamedaxifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/97375844609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e58c4209f---fofibivibuvivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/85226181376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c2b0639dc---tokagudako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lizedozibegekekejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/5152214154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjo1bv1i5b0ql0c4uutaqcmhql/roliduwagebisozubaxodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/minukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1a328c9a4---memifabudofatewekawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=irregular+past+tense+verbs+worksheets+for+grade+3PDF 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_off0000f784.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF784 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 5fd5b49a39bd3a83870c7a948db6ab0befc6b8582469c9866ee599aa110aae0e
font_01_sfnt_off000111b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B1 19196 bytes
SHA-256: c1b539b7cab7534e25bbf29ab1ac972ee54e0f5db4902209df1c20a89291d82b
font_02_sfnt_off00014476.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14476 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1