Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a1275829d1ce84a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 20:57:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 73efab50e3d270b9e7bf3a2d9796caf9 SHA-1: a045be79b4474cd42227ce0c8e6240adc6c13cfa SHA-256: 0a1275829d1ce84ab5e16c2975434057904be563b35e4336e222d517ad65f585
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a brand impersonation lure for UPS. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, designed to redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+zombs+royale+mobile.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+zombs+royale+mobile PDF link annotation
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/40214557716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe78dgn0csp58i3m60fvgapim0/73667241040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4df33c71---rapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cafa74ac41---98845798200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethtikvahevents.ca/clients/2/20/20a91c0cb94b02964b0d1c5d980f1596/File/vupiwosapomevodexolaguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/6677057219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mprime.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawozumoxowunaxutotegodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5310c449---tosowopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e543e5e88f36874bcab5edee580a76a1/wifefekivuwitixaneduxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c38994383---figolivakukabaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/sedewegojolexatofuxasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c54f0158846586ef67cf1a5209ad6d0/zokane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/8844059353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/losuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/45361632583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/vukefimofasojidumobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xelagivawuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/6549299566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/393a024b8e1920f54019e326a620e29b/63058454294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa1beeb69---89117782666.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_off0000dd60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f577.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF577 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 7179c474bf4ab1a754ac5739b31a2f34c04b3606a5f5a66dec8443ac873b5f7f
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB4 17688 bytes
SHA-256: f05acfbf17f045af08481a2ee694238d2bac4bfdd7250079a1b52bf96279d4aa