Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ba4c5e4ada46b25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:35:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f334c1c569e728edea0664fb19c6581b SHA-1: f7fa91d7e11158f2b4403f2ae2531dfad603fa1c SHA-256: 0ba4c5e4ada46b25667afca0a3b452238f3d814b142a98857ab6922a8c384349
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous embedded URLs point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is structured to host a large number of redirect links. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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=disc+dj+3d+mod+apk
    • https://ville-saintleonard.fr/pdf/tenitujunofali.pdf
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/47227315904.pdf
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/jejowojesusaxadewotunamud.pdf
    • http://vdi.vn/userfiles/file/34919154623.pdf
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34377051226.pdf
    • http://terredellamagnagrecia.com/userfiles/files/83843448431.pdf
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/jitorisadeximibisatagom.pdf
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/debobar.pdf
    • http://cerritos.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/junotila.pdf
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210916212936.pdf
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/lovugufeveba.pdf
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/sibexaso.pdf
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zoniki.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96c602da4c751200c0e5bbb039c4add/79023618671.pdf
    • https://epgeptech.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nulowe.pdf
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b684667ba26190b330a606386271bd2d/pomonu.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136439b43a31---48717077980.pdf
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/65513995576.pdf
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/sopagefaremod.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411828b07f3---16322684556.pdf
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/27298840532.pdf
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/baradet.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brmilshkpbppakccmv9taqn0j1/sewazomifedobod.pdf
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafar.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db63.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB63 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f37a.bin
63a73821044266a9c04c4517ea38edb636afb474ce396dc03aa095ee3a14cd6b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37A 10592 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010ba5.bin
6158e019e690948ad60fde899ca64794ca7189eb33bd295e8af3bde68d15bce9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA5 19052 bytes