Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0d4f78e99fb69ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 13:46:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: add5f3eca44066bb291372ea6697266e SHA-1: bc8821d365505e038ae5b59677154000d50d4819 SHA-256: f0d4f78e99fb69eaefc978f6a4b1fcb95014058f89e141176f2e64fa537bcf4b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this document is part of a phishing campaign or malware distribution effort.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8934

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tr1m0n4mta3h0g52r3plp0p41k/76069006391.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/jajitaxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bbmnetlicitacoes.com.br/cms/ckfinder/upload/files/kiwatosokapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i78qjo2ifp7192h2bqgdqla90a/81207081875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/videkat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/gipofixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/49268755504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f83cb657914582b0005ac11c92323e08/20615994669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/58224294552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povepajekotirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivieahk.com/clients/5/51/51325344bd1517f257d6959d5350918e/File/6893509869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61f6db22b353981044504f818cfae32f/dikewoguzobatutekudekesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f251b9e0c8a---92285062725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756b55aca08---76278350003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/ninigawowexofefisofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d08d89db53---27172093323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36575542120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4507555b9f---tabubejiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba384f193f6---27461033935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800b8a466f0---xuvafutoposixupapixepira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98ddca5452---biwajonuvixiwegumakisipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/siferobirovudenose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=rockin+around+the+christmas+tree+ukulelePDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010ad3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000122e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E5 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 731fc9506c5352efecdae97620da86c50d289c8d6ca085cbd2f089df5c44df6a