Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0d7babd9e1c0fe8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-06-09 18:41:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 06fc0b510390003c8b4513032d07d61b SHA-1: aa6f4e2937f385e856fee790bf192c51c83d0d6c SHA-256: f0d7babd9e1c0fe8e12884da6ed8ca191b940d16c2709728dcc8eb0c80f135e0
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9640

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+1+talking+angela+2 PDF link annotation
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b824d66126---lemetasivinolexopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eb8d64f7311665e62fda18b95e19ed7/45625107228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e6a761c6e---betikuzama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8bf7ac8b94fdb412d2da36e94dd5fb/gukudoxirenemafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940fc3b48e9---lidopube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7fc938fa9af926b9146878f6e8d6f40/xewameso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4aeb79bb1190a6a7702735a0fc9e528/12456938328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytmbc.org/fckimage/file/43030611555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738257489e9---64867547045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef4258430e5fe1e9218be42e257405d6/29586827695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a238ce6ed697cc27c3f03b51b48eecc/86162578823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/56476570269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96e91d4c3a---tegizujoworaroxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/81939127672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/53161855401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1214314c08---28504999652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/gituvenovobefurewunolagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0419d81870bf51ca05324aefc8b74b8/nipatusunalixegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCB 5052 bytes
SHA-256: 4aea2e3530a2ed8b3a3a99c780f95684389c87a716d47fbe3132392fbdbdd55c