Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b15af0bec7a57b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:01:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2d05dd0510d4cccfa731313e443555b8 SHA-1: c5f7ad43e68bb2106e2c16fe2ad15bc748797bd9 SHA-256: 0b15af0bec7a57b7c03c6b6aad45f29eeb926a6f9161f60c187ca136d4fc4d4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+and+soap PDF link annotation
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368641383a1---xikokoteroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/xekuditidaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/bewunelosudagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chunmianxian.com/upfolder/e/files/20210908054820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kexexefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/bipuwevemexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/gidowojirivufaleku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202109012124428653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/titujori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54160878062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/29781508579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koppeika.ru/userfiles/file/89913038969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/fasipotuxibogeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehpromyar.ru/media/file/wuxiwukidizupuxamepine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/jedadewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saregaxasexenurukisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/pewelomele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jaf4od0lp092kidvcn6deqev7c/58809114355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--nellieskche-0hb.de/userfiles/file/75199127351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classykitchen.pl/web/uploads/files/xanawuxuluwefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h16hr15k-h19hr37urn.com/contents/files/lijurovusalowalivurujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/55243738968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7317ed3766319c3cf1ee2364e8342ef8/bavumofuveveguwew.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_off0000d4e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4E5 10088 bytes
SHA-256: 311ea2918e6150829e73cdf6c653e46fcc61e6c122c93e6e776b21c6048a788f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB69 20000 bytes
SHA-256: f6a204e249a4b1326d80a96de517e8c298bec1cf20817759929dd6fb2e0423ec
font_02_sfnt_off00012059.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12059 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1