Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ba93fc8c8ce094d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 21c12e400b747d97e10cd5407ebc30cd SHA-1: 47aa7688da4f24f56cf7214c14e286960de77589 SHA-256: 0ba93fc8c8ce094d5660e94e7395bea38360b144b320b1a85565a0a22f8fe41b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded links suggest a tactic of overwhelming the user with choices, increasing the chance they click a malicious URL.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+rule+breakers+by+preeti+shenoy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c1cec1894bdc23987deb096e5981f9/35864528626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796a84763ff---84787957221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/niwokulibuluvopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/44440891470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/96934785506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e25b5adf19---68501715265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/tokobegerelorogowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52ktgip60ko93tn9t3dnfcd923/legipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/polekuwefitikaxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9n14t6d5bfau8tpbfhj6l1unb1/mamujumatato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/wuzerozano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c43140c8d2---8519616766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af48e4ed253afb4d3e4fb5b4d36aa64/70404575804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3vhvikmpg9sqb00a2ddh01250/34550250983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a3f82170e---japosujejexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/7991287121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4f9c64b0d8169cc254736bd53a71199/lanoxito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fb8cd5d63---99209923041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/liweruxofuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/kuwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d99fa53c565c5911346c29279c8cf56/60166956261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/lazesidavetugalumokajasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c655182536bc921865fbcfbd81abe9f1/dujisawepixaribelisewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af2787e2cfc382c3e5b0f6c1e85c0f85/xemafogafalijalofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.net/images/blog//file/35028598821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fdeaf257df04c84053058392ce149f0/susoxexufo.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_off0000eef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF2 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 84deaaa05573618891dc2a35d737340a2e88824267b5f3d2745804a5de1f2634
font_01_sfnt_off00011a09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A09 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 0e0fefc124cdfb4b29cca94194043e6b6f097c0b2011cc2257b879b68e120e06
font_02_sfnt_off0001335f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1335F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1