Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0aa19317a464261…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 09:10:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 32bb9a4e69f6a841abc0d69243141064 SHA-1: 028fc1c8e527f2a619cfcc7ef94d4b89fb2d38ee SHA-256: f0aa19317a464261546c9b2b1c2ca3ee1259342d5ee944d3d1d52ff61802e44e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as a malicious PDF, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kfbma.org/files/fck/file/65875236579.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fobas.cz/userfiles/file/zupekotuvususukejefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mptradingcompany.com/userfiles/file/52409272434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankajplast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43615660566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppe.everybodyisnotdoingit.org/gift/userfiles/files/pulajaxexekudowekegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d126a94118---worasar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/9051508783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67808a8a1b5f34db34a2c040dae2c5b8/sabubuxumosudivafegetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/momaferojugovovokojito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/50011856106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/20287567916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/zekemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentappli.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/phpimage/phpimage/upload/images/file/68516417033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/gaxowirimuzoxokanakuviwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9413fc919cbf631e8674f654e684ac8/7395006558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/14226401420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/vizigixuverutajiruzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a5f994965---zopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/23178363417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connectcontrol.net/files/userfiles/files/lefeniduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/67564203108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/seteralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/gogemikemuveditafekofotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff1305d79d---voxoxodor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=bolly4u+movies+free+downloadPDF 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_off00011b82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B82 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 8e05dc23f8a3b69c157bfca74855567db7c3c0d97f441ab37a4f6a404ccb83dc
font_01_sfnt_off000134e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014cf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CF5 17604 bytes
SHA-256: f94e9279e1d6f1cd5295bd1fd81eb0e594b03e84b64608b7e27abf51692f955b