Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0868eee47f10957a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 11:46:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c35c25bed0bb8a8e1478752c521e490c SHA-1: 15fd6c2bad3a33be1d066c3dc53c8917957c0d8f SHA-256: 0868eee47f10957a68b5c4f6fdf89295df7c7772b7a69f2937976409c9708252
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=do+bees+pollinate+grapes PDF link annotation
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5cjvrf05ntvptdrdbk0d55206/sapelomakujajoserizazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e5aabc6a07d0ae757d2419e92bd5ecc/bozujilezunomotogofemeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9c430dd44---58863946409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d89bd4687---42155632624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab410401a6---9407400357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/1659729180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d285ea29c2f4e49867d7a47aa490ad07/dakuzisoxisuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/60150247714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a602278aa0c---27364713067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e998d2a012---ligamekapevonida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/zewuwadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9b3e58d11---ranafapinuzepoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/96072294650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/9040491367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094656743d07---14764071589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210609032658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0eebc5fe6c2eaf52b54cb70c69dc3a9/gosivodidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515161710218408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09e3fa161fc6ee442d93c4c650eb2b2a/71600865603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083aa58b3925---23105802526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d18aa7ec29---valizidejane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8f7fe34cd811fde99b48ad8c1f220b8/juwaxizivakazijibaro.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_off0000e9a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BF 10568 bytes
SHA-256: c028bdd74d362e621b12b0dbee69e6279bdcee1a860a9b5ea4debc185e9745d4
font_02_sfnt_off000119b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B9 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3e3f39e1b9c014db86b89d92d781d980971148982e250b181d43b5f6db0c65