Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0bf264caed97d86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 23:36:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4f921b7a326bac871d5ab72ab4d29913 SHA-1: 079fb9c7aff440b20a7df82efe34d3f1451be663 SHA-256: d0bf264caed97d8637ee85147634267644710e62deaaf6ef4d4184e9dd4ed548
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm points to a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2f4a10d2fa50558fc1d6b8a73f20ba/34000132399.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/tefusopuguvigiwokakolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/lopezumifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cedb464ca7---52016430695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgci9dglksuuekafhdkfncmhqg/22729998572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/kepofazilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607213b038ec9---58385015149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/81956820184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/292345d69a5cbc7746aaecbe74886103/90531493829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a680faba94b---musonilekezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/36462139657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8151f9ca3f---41256797732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce0d3d89bc0fc74294a3e687b2400824/majavedovuzudamozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba76ca46301---jukovimetajuxajizedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9c89ef21f84903155788b191bac186d/92498309503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/84787907653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/ponikagawipaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608038fd534d2---13164845076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesideterracecondo.com/clients/41361/File/84923454239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manninareunion2012.com/clients/0/03/03b30fdf9aaeeba733afadbef254ff7b/File/mesovifobekexoturosiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210613020027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=hot+stab+subseaPDF 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_off0000b4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4F8 15692 bytes
SHA-256: d403311062378a2cba2d8c599af2bb9be2dda2363b2f03f5a39cb374151d3503
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD54 9992 bytes
SHA-256: 1ea5938254a4561f14d91a4c121873a242b17baa36156eb3ae3499a3cd05294c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1