Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0fba306328991df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-09 03:29:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 596cf75267576363e4d025cb7c0bf67e SHA-1: 0636d01f1e18434bcd45f0e8df8bf250e8f8c162 SHA-256: d0fba306328991df1a5c7ae41a5e1665db7a5d05b3bde61d4079fa3c3e4a7072
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or phishing content. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d689caaf24---8191216733.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107ff5932b09---jepisuzuzobuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c0d573cad---vamokunidorizuripevutofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b6c5856d9---8316093343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mckeoughfamilyreunion2021.com/clients/b/ba/baf9e6b347377fae0abe5a87436fc4cf/File/94945810155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021043001010973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/5232866337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atp484s50l4rdnn5sl77f4i4v6/7130688178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tauthuy.vn/upload/files/45511011023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/22719082710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/271446954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e9d18f6df---zazugifemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c09f447397---vuwamurixunabizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verredistri.fr/xmedia/file/43131055122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cqdp5c12af607rgleblbtpo2a/kames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/nuwolupetopusotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/96457238694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31acb15d1d66b8b2ddd9ef486724b2fe/pudububezojabaxojagisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/sofupivabewagadupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccaquebec.com/userupload/files/zisuwujixubonadoruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bdb49f71097b9524dadfdc03f1e996a/46825411765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08eac76f091b71767c99ddcbc4a9fc4/puwulirazitadobowixawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/bonawixojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/35975640640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+midsegments+of+triangles+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000d0c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0C9 16192 bytes
SHA-256: 0aca7b37a09e4e08dd8201c6014d023ebfbfe0d7ee695a3294824b55795dffd8
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7D 11132 bytes
SHA-256: efcc99e4b09a1198043dfae314f7833c33187d33aa7183efe48862eeb47ac352
font_02_sfnt_off00011436.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11436 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1