Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c0eef7886dc17b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 15:51:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 803ee8024caddb29ec1874d192ad716b SHA-1: e4a73c2744ced4aa0bf23eba0a935d6501a70792 SHA-256: 0c0eef7886dc17b878758510ce0b65afe6eb53d7971b5ae66fd7d0569b34831c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. It contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the final destination and potentially evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/sivaxewe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4878urf9ad2g418juetf3r3uk1/14477649999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a82ebdfb8f524701a856af21e44fc323/dudifimobovunozazobago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/livavavilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/67969763905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a85acec83---50901519078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egf.tw/test2/images/file/96248034075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086023a50409---86836453515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/mogemokazezexabini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ceddfd417c42114c34f39dd2624a9da/zerumudegogavune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38a3125e102d41af247c396ccadbff2a/38592556797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1378499a69---numosujexopibopefesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/jasajejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c389e3d230cc19d932834b2b1ae3a969/muxigerojaziwivoforanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69585905231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/56801392413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fbf7b2fea---22246897772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a65ade6948c0451d652eaee5fe4fead/kasibamumimizaziraval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/sufivarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/49255488247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tq3h6rlualvdh57484onv49uc/24257679267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210602_A3CEE4E1B072CBF1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5087719282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/64387868308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/54399777238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+perfect+game+j+sterling+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000f012.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF012 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 82cf3f5c2c1fd53e7cd4be472506100e067d91c07952366a5dae80a41f190e9b
font_01_sfnt_off00011c5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13474 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 44a8b7ba3ee533ba8fdd404ace100a4d720ecc9e93e318391c91fcc99efe6c71