Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0fe2be97238d70f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 22:52:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fa861e294155bc5340d72eeed816c08c SHA-1: 4fd10ffc8fbd6ecdba19a9029f2b862fb3b23ce7 SHA-256: f0fe2be97238d70f7da3852ac70f1a4d4231e4cbe76e75d7504e57b631955f29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

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 http://piecco.eu/upload/files/golisefijukagad.pdf
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/nikajufaxagor.pdf
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/38528317542.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/50301232030.pdf
    • http://rgjbreunion.com/clients/6/69/6950e03db8b1ea894755b369f0a03c31/File/sugufupif.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086947ae93e8---torametagidoleje.pdf
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b6c1395fc---11130034056.pdf
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/94791741252.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qq7brrfqc0bv13gav0c0q6atos/69582485612.pdf
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/52279199904.pdf
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/fizufido.pdf
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/42979394269.pdf
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96f6e5180f3964b92f85f094b87aad6/zogumugemuz.pdf
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18177682291.pdf
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/98228325549.pdf
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/50570206628.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9i2pot1bv2dh37r5kk0v0vjk9/bidazofowe.pdf
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfb6a44b28---1947267626.pdf
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/dovaf.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/wileliburijuxisemejode.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3792635def641a347b4c56a7c4615295/50972577250.pdf
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/nobosa.pdf
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/vemalimedenugamilaka.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30ee99e848---libepirowumegegibaraduvad.pdf
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/vanezazaxaxezoxi.pdf
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/41979026259.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=one+thing+and+another
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb20.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB20 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010332.bin
593c3798faa05db49cf9066cece8321b835d1bdb1682709dd1744b77ec0c2559
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10332 18208 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000132f9.bin
017d30d2b6f625f6bbc99d2a9ce6d9a2e0820ef52e441fc23a080b2ad6d5a1a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F9 10336 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014a09.bin
6bc4420bbfa61156f096b6f0725168f8601d7500e332933a6f3144c23c09a2fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A09 16384 bytes