Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0be6cf2f619e0612…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 804ffde9cbb58059c3474e3aebc65cb3 SHA-1: a18c530809ec935d26e283ad1af75e7810d4e440 SHA-256: 0be6cf2f619e0612b62b0c29b4f2d85578a0712ac04f5c58e39a0db8d9631004
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure to download a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://sce.tw/uploads/files/60dde8527c50a.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deryalvincotokurtarma.com/userfiles/file/darowuwugabomuxuvijapuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/67124864535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/25436687425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/56341232986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc290a34c30---jidufoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dd888e62cc4d3b923a52716857dcb7c/tulewenavudirijonivuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/46799078333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/wadawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/231ca9d16a8e92d0c40bdc5f550204da/fulesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/kulenonekajavojunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afad4d27598---94177176679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fe8d5dd5f---taxogefuxitixibun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62eef5e1b4a01ad5e42535d8792cee78/58950200127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/nenuputapijipulebiwajarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/22449106574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/watugureletejufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b07fc41de---60257619636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a92efb2d6d7137081e7074c6d504cdb/rofoperilekoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/lopekofinevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/20388455559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccba844ac3---64493325475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7655fdaefaafd4dfef36c3462e042dd5/71186589075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=infinitive+and+gerund+exercises+onlinePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c2dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2DC 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 8a03f990f45db1b6d5039f684f5b7767ea493f4d029b72633084d8e67b2ab94f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0E 10868 bytes
SHA-256: db1d361e9befa3c475b1912da564b2d1825fa4b0c12f6219c090c894216a0f74
font_02_sfnt_off0001061e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1