Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0b09d0fb86068fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:54:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 224c7636bf53c09335d557ba03f0ac16 SHA-1: 1909266233c21f133122e85222ca3b7f032db946 SHA-256: f0b09d0fb86068fba48f127db54c76e3e8fe4abc533968fc6e46b7f3891f3254
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • 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://medica-brno.com/files/bajetelesuwaxazululewajun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/1414226709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/wopavatabuxekovewujimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/vopanazexonewagoxodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/19569155414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/54064588885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/loweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/99028435277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/89038748946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ef6bbf4b0a8f6ff50c429044e0a1fa7/44191432837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9fb7b245b---jelefaxujoxepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertermo.nl/userfiles/file/kepigepomulujofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac97958e5a---59228660247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/10392461222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/60212403137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc091dcb12---81073929479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/fifamutujelep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607254ef428f6---kivowerob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavineriablend.it/file/59658503181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae1f91a06a---xinokolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161126398606ec---48178929684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/fodovagabiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05520ec7cf35c2e8a2c06e26ff8bd46c/77526101466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=kumbhakar+lovell+stochastic+frontier+analysis+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/dedoguneneturugoxo.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_off0000daa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA6 17584 bytes
SHA-256: d5580fec0828c70d3ec4a12fcac2d4c154ed23e79713a462ed16b425c49a850a
font_01_sfnt_off0001083d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1083D 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 46f167e1992f41d8c6dffd389734e50cf163170c44c004d2bc8b20691d5bf2df
font_02_sfnt_off000122bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1