Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0bad5c5fa5826d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 15:52:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 45632f009331aee14df0e4bd183b136d SHA-1: b3c4ddd93d77f9601fa4c41fd9c4775b29a7cccd SHA-256: f0bad5c5fa5826d2c4a460dd8e8ae98a4f0e1bd50576218e0dd1595159fefa0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it acts as a dropper or lure for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42aeaa341a0560a9520bdf00ddadaa55/lutopegumemiwulune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4e4150b41---3252626158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92e1fd18a9---14043014580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/vivotovegumadebaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084862276512---xezibixuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/tefenereza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dc2f86d803bd5c075244f531168df3d/rulofawiwumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608adfe33e0d0---32460374434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/teminemupulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dce92e74f8c7a903018dc1977c74187/86654625161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b6d0b2c8c---tezozijuzomajavitozifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608522c7a0468---mofuzona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/97501789186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084392d451cf---xigosofivozubavugexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f8nfcdi1i9eudipqd1ra0rovq/bevoxojivovelameb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/91641727178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a466ee76bcd---17683516319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bcf226b62---18248630109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1ee022437---pazotubogisopefeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcobafl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55899664122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=zelda+breath+of+the+wild+apk+androidPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb0393b961a3ff27c8396fbe764a97b/60659744948.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d527.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD527 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 5dbfc0d67acdc70a0d4f078c02db6678a92e4d74825a5c144e16bfb972144fcf
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDE 10708 bytes
SHA-256: f928b67defae9c0bdc8ed80403505d6fe27ffe799ffa84a56a76090e7e1ce3d1
font_02_sfnt_off00010431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10431 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 1bf062cb23ddb47436a3d04017a4f02e4c98efc57c8eb6b5d15c8934fd537ccf
font_03_sfnt_off0001316b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1316B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1