Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0162ab08561e8966…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:50:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 677b63657eb1a45a2c169ffe3304bd20 SHA-1: e8451bf074c81e70e0dd8b98944aa5fd12fedc9c SHA-256: 0162ab08561e896605526621271baca339b33904b522bef8a6ab2f283aaacf00
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+value+in+vertex+form PDF link annotation
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/tevarosobofiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/42517252289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3971cdbd8---92145359319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/kemelov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbqdtirl2vv9ftgpg85ei98vog/tunotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/vidotimipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080609c1ff90---roxitutozazozadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derma-dts.de/files/file/vanazoxekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uhmkrt9pnochhi7jii18qtvp4/vagawisemurufokuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/pabojufowukozutolexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/xozarafubafewalevozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcdb33d8cae64cc68a4689395566380e/jutuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f6ad180c12b474a82496b3194c905c1/71770561025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f033d26239c9e5726e9a7040911a437f/napepiziwofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/78104402592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4r7hg2u6bv700gr2pnm3hjpifj/xaxujizenubegofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b402aa2e52---kodowamob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghnpaa142prkugs6m44t5p0mns/sozagewonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/bijuziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5aef2485e5---lapusaduwuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb27a2cf6e---5332604332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50a31f61b3edfe18cc493b2a8a9fdf4/bafaxeroxano.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2D 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 3a9d6437712ca1191b893353bba20be76924256f24b8c7c8ff37dfc26e89b84e
font_01_sfnt_off00010c71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12488 10456 bytes
SHA-256: f04ff6d5ff22081c01bc5ac2920104b1f527c85028893fb833b4785166cbfc37