Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0b0a7de458df828…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 00:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2e242fdd96201e09e7169e4bcb4787a6 SHA-1: e8eddd4e91198484d4455d52a4a82a5d2d6bcc10 SHA-256: f0b0a7de458df828df4ca56eb9cd275df56e4a16f81b2e1fc3db26a69775a753
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, which in turn host other PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these linked files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbf27d01a4---kabitiludowubetorepibifed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42ba295280---63480909541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/wikipuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/rozozalaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interno-kazan.ru/upload/files/xiroxosilozaxijosumipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/jerazasidoxokeredu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/pinexiseridego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shavers-boles.com/clients/7/73/73b1ad2e2c85410b7b015c0c79a6caf4/File/33256198633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glenbrooksouth1970.com/clients/1/17/17fc1bd13d5538a69f39d58c869d2fc5/File/nifapinewozatilaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/kidokutujabumireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ed0247776e6f0432eb6675a028a986b/58484071131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608063bf835ff---dulogula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolbandibileklik.com/resimler/files/17743739578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4b7b87906---lobapenexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c303c9a7fe3---40888873542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91g9atn37g4nc2hk6tlahlr4a/77169357026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///8050090670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/47629271033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/86362037941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/damipimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21638b2752---32190816095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southwestlooms.com/admin/userfiles/files/podixedapodape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c174d9e743b98de9648299918d3a931/repanepitaluvife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077037bcea4e---pobigugapetidezadupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aletihad-group.com/userfiles/files/lupatogonifuvinonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bsc+1st+year+syllabus+zoology+botany+chemistryPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF9 16116 bytes
SHA-256: 74ea40c6abafff908ba0a862ebf25ee1d47d31f530ca964bdc695191fb21b084
font_01_sfnt_off00010551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10551 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D68 11196 bytes
SHA-256: fe7f88d98512f2425bb5ded5ce54ab0a973e1e1a986c4e35ba864928e5c691d4
font_03_sfnt_off00013792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13792 16816 bytes
SHA-256: b2987376c5ad4dd266b3075b8fb917d9143b8aefcc71b2837745793de265fd76