Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c0dd48aae393c01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1723e166830637bf4d1a4e5caaadf296 SHA-1: 682e6490f8afec1cd9bd9df01ab5b0f3d29d2270 SHA-256: 0c0dd48aae393c017c6fd358bd3a489a1a4cea42c40e5e9ced7566d7a5fa8a92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, suggesting the document is designed to lure users to malicious content via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/guvolonisuzezovudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://igorodstore.ru/files/userfiles/files/26324711735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/girotituwafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28678558466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brukspec.pl/upload/file/61194536301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1771d5a020---kuzodipagiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcq0mq1hbsvdnh4dm16708chsd/bokudepafaxafadedavozirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/44478905524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/27363401066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26554740341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e795b85499b4fac78ae1323a447de6/bijegef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/xovujorenuzefitategag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/pemowopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/nekobunabelulegeruze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sb-78.ru/files/file/fuwuvilaloxupebopafafoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/325394b2fdc053d4c8a41e92f7d4c40d/rinefageruxixarafuxapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124654e4adf1---disajovujorofaxupimujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ea2557332---1169079136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34bf66fa5c732c6118d44a6dfd1ca76f/nogatowubozubafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79205431059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119704b84c6d---xekunepekuregovati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607437d27cc3e---22939588181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=shear+force+and+bending+moment+calculation+pdfPDF 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_off0000e118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE118 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 65671bd1bd4f9810440f6905bdb92e2efb3f36a9ca5b4f03d9c81058a82694db
font_01_sfnt_off0000fabd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CF 18764 bytes
SHA-256: e05d3ba74611526317608f1d441224795b185cbbcd18bf61fae7448e34781a38