Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c2d6a1953aac710…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ebdb32c1e799ecee72c3e4b02071bafb SHA-1: 01d731cde03dcd133c87df7b417e1104a781b5d0 SHA-256: 0c2d6a1953aac7103585b5df0aa94608de021e9e9164c0288a1e92205465ef76
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://garmaclima.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/99702483000.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fishandcosolicitors.com/uploads/files/4976885485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7aad02fd6---jopanilalavofupalubikemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/gawesinap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/jitirosagurofebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/8134731655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/mojetet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/nekaziwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210906/file/61403592845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apatity.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83386418943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h16hr15k-h19hr37urn.com/contents/files/102471036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/6673302174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/19159185728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb98980e8ba532e5cfedc901eb6a8ff/pololovubulipigodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnnjhansi.com/userfiles/file/ludajajipoworalebupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leton.pl/userfiles/file/24515794614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodagovumevitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/39851238097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/sogipoxekaboguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/dimisepamowiditilokededuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/75835709343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gianlucabruno.it/dati/upload/file/61512174419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekalocal.com/Maeka/UserFiles/File/pururovimodulovewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/66089795411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fde615c47---gagilezarugoroxesenalen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=telegram+ios+apkPDF 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_off0000eef9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001070b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070B 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 2557b29e79db4fe9d5d829cc24291d9d69c157efc7122772de6620ef6e146e4a
font_02_sfnt_off000135ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135ED 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 3bf8c22fb0ce7b0bd5d591b1427787ecab54d883b863ec5d1b535e7c5d5ab3e8