Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a1dc9ccb338f1e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:36:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b24be98d7f6122d1daf6e62dd59256fa SHA-1: 24a7c44b8d4c8e4a2197885f40072d62d5f6b04f SHA-256: 0a1dc9ccb338f1e8aa75ccf7cc20cfabb51f14c19eaf7b66849759405226b148
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites. Several of these links point to PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ql4c0qe4sfdno3b9gijfscvd8j/xosuzuximofadukegiwalav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f795e308b472e0a060f2a8a4ad91d5e/vavoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/kimigiberojino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundupgrade.nl/site/data/ws/files/24843700371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/zagusuleragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/31984253085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/ritoxitumigafix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607736142c309---pejawafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipayon.com/root/FCKeditor/file/gizofadaligugonelozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/wirekukutonodolejesetet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/71600275003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/78914948536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67d7663c2a5bb6ea7728e5251e57eb72/42960071080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjsl45vundnbhls8r7vn075f6q/wuzodaselizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/1818349833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutelovabixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tu317lteddkj841btadnvaj86/93245277335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tupnate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/simafotinuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/68046441905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ad9f4ae12fe67a02c050b1589400c8d/darupigidivewopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c72695230f8e2736a1016a27dc78082/jonizamepijeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64137966155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879d6706127---gokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/wipugurijazigeverubesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/81336639127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-26/20210626204637579742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=oncology+market+report+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e7c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD9 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 673b53b21f3c2c932a8e51643bc61b6c24fb0f3ca72d12ca6805858d9db60575
font_02_sfnt_off00011913.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11913 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 3c2ca9152b1081c5c9b874f2f0b0671ed8b58c490bc55e43558a0337b9b473cd