Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bcd0810a3865e2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:49:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: db304287ddfaa26077441103cf46ddf1 SHA-1: d0514cc942401c322d08f286914241d8a71f6dd6 SHA-256: 0bcd0810a3865e2f74fc41a95248fffc12ab4ae0f23b8a524fb73f2879c9c5ba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=deep+sea+electronics+7310+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc633676c67b8ffd49b441ae21d3cebb/sufukavizinizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/64927825300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210514151234178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/95675802470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipekyolumedya.com/resim_galeri/file/nimesumifubavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dc7ac1dc221596e6423cc24886cc22/derulizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21fc72286c436da2916d309d7ab3ab26/16040767951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7365ca70a---3494536109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf16e44d0b78686ae2af45ee37f2c8bf/67214671880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dn5sr43tj376tlea839e5jkri6/61289852161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/fegew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d464c7731b---sejumogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/4330135251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/paxugumojatapigunosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c1791503fad292ed7e6723f0b3f7c9d/11767230630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/tisadexulemapulazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/92961176714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d36f05fb7a---jisagol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcdc621319---finogojikarafesevafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogowazikaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/63921929633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laznia-radom.pl/userfiles/file/dimotiruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/97871952855.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_off0000d799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD799 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB0 11012 bytes
SHA-256: a5eb841ee75e04449c2b183fd0566192c79c9dca7a63312eb4b62d067f67e45f
font_02_sfnt_off00010981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10981 19536 bytes
SHA-256: c3c896ba92dd24724a2c29c567e6c04890ef2bfd8100e82a9f7d827bc3954885