Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0d1bf72c32ab794…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 04:37:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bec6d7162f88757249ea1ba2a57e09a6 SHA-1: bd8555b5cad0b2313bbaf5e71292c6cb967fbf4d SHA-256: f0d1bf72c32ab79487788145218117d21994866ed2b4852ee37769a0051e18f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and a compromised CMS upload link farm strongly supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1e9e0f636---98805423746.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c4299a64b---zofebexutovusiwaminuwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1tv7eqb8oplmhtm4j7qc8d8j7/fanuvezewum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/26203155034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/zejuwilenixubabepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b3bc1a583---lawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgk0qvfc1pu3u8r0omh4jpaecp/wudepupelabusolite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wuvunenadudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9b8bdc3105---49749511011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blsfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/11/11e20eb1c47c3498ff3e66fc1941d138/File/nugowewilamozamafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhcja5vt0vr5kl0lk1v4g1n8vs/1084782978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b11e28dbc5---gubakanopaxokanavalijufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/desororunege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/22677082168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3500444f9---xabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6923okdjrue8mdk9sja3r9n466/83536497241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/10853869463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160939f9c1319b---sipisakadepebukilezuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73a3902c049bdf6d1f12af6121c46e31/81246145259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e871ae92a1---4698001398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63fe2107b2b967b97951e1c4ec3641f5/514520645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/79904661001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210506055312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=home+alone+macaulay+culkin+remakePDF 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_off0000f1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D7 10420 bytes
SHA-256: f01befa419741f27ed443a6c0408e88b1a79ff8a083078b3e8464fef58801708
font_02_sfnt_off00012156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12156 17344 bytes
SHA-256: aee39775854ae287c2ea25f3f8858937e8c49f27673799071626ba81358a76ad