Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a88a11fb99271bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e0ece44ab7411d613cecfa4be6a903a0 SHA-1: bf73e9d1289f7618ee081cef391779a67bc32d64 SHA-256: 0a88a11fb99271bbb8ade52b3116f3c9c46c64556f04407af23bd718bafd3d39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating malicious content. It contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users to download potentially harmful files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=income+and+outgoing+spreadsheet PDF link annotation
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/85300924093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/vawomewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdcomunicazione.it/file/42377686305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/85167715618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/penar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/pojilumupinidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frpeteradeyemi.com/userfiles/files/xonurifuwopepepajedudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e6c98e75a7---riwiguxenuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nutlela5g1ad8tlqbfkm53hi7/sinatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/rujusiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/87543599499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/1089191553609d49797beab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5426fad45479d5e651f279d7eaa7b8b9/99764445275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95csnqepbfsbuld4m7v81008s6/bunevijuginowakikagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/jafiziwasewesigeter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077789c267a4---79960347706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082067d23085---51229353443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wiguxulugomaterumidugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1c1abf816---ralawegudasubukixegipajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4b6455c90a71a4ff531276e1ec6376c/85836196681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/guluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychoterapia-przemysl.net/img/userfiles/file/nawaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f81d4d5425402a70090c37146e8da2d/nasanunokabepujefuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/32007839185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/637b1256e1248335d1388612fdf36111/fewepibujupugakapulapite.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_off0000ce89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A0 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 09f3fe5211cf0404e2a294f999d2d5691d2845f496f5fbd712384ce8cd75eb2b
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA7 16188 bytes
SHA-256: 95a45951312c7fb89aa34470e0fee295b2558fdf1eb2428a806f7bc04e32d6f4