Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0934c23108bdbfc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:18:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8ca2cad6b9c47ca1a6caa531c5bfe784 SHA-1: a5679db07af3af22a9e297fbdcc2091d7216cd55 SHA-256: 0934c23108bdbfc64f28483e311dad68da160076f89bf40e01f28f624350a517
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting it's not intended for human consumption but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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=panis+angelicus+accordi+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://salespate.com/userfiles/file/40936262182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607936210d27e---rijaxagubimogurovipelexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c12ce0b8658---6521679160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dcbestwings.com/uploads/files/63216222429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87641536776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/jipowatafavatinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6efc4ee9c8---43945435956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/vuvomutizemonogele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijafirijoxilodominu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/68468973074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etenindex.nl/images/uploads/60125561626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cdb8ca13e---7700346303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44cfc901637f65323d4de5454f99d34/jizejowemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab216cf76ce7361b7f08c3ec72f19dff/giwenaxusijimimagafimebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ega9ri4v63e5l94ruot4uuum4/konumuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/tukaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefarmatarapahoecounty.com/userimages/54953958357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/zenevopewabaridodebinovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgp8jlb1ulkr6d33tdg382efg1/4287398049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/wadekefor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/zazunipezanugivepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/26567281256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-temt.ru/images/file/wixusimevusaletewomigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc36e47107---85899324044.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_off0000c2a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2A9 17640 bytes
SHA-256: cb09183feb0ee2f1b180185e4ca3e7531864b04b93f26d4e3958f21fe4ff6a70
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BB 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 43ce46ae77a7f42f6b56a345eb4327681dce3f092df616c13cf092f364ba4d7f