Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c6f38ead0db13b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-06-20 03:53:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ed34f5385b2d005bb89d3a239d38f5bf SHA-1: 96cb6ee9ff9bf64ad8de3f48263b0a5760ded9d5 SHA-256: 0c6f38ead0db13b0b98e004c0e4fc11d3d5537bc448d449408dac65f487ff332
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1553.004 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_SECURITY_BYPASS' indicates the document likely instructs the user to disable security software, a common tactic in malicious documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=counter+blox+roblox+hacks PDF link annotation
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6oqj9te0c5kk36j5pnjmh58k9n/kusinironoferefujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/37824653361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fca199139---sufudenabifusepuvanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokurera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/dasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/domisuvesiwimudabumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/mufuvumuxubavopelidogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40a4709364303d1e38caf9bf4e273fea/93074774473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c405f337f5e---30206766542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/fenuruledonisixoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ae082c6a317e123ef80f1576f6e75f9/loxogefelimemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4bea1a3a81816e48d468c4bf922070c/sakugotufozavusakitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f42a7b80d973c7b7ed20baa1592fc67/sikitosuwazazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210620004200-30889833207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48660a048a---1756888397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a38ea46a2---92233223569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b22f9a9b75---22035843047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0124ef670b82dc13920811580abf1ffd/xetirofibojesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/96895338088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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
    • https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c9a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9A4 6744 bytes
SHA-256: 127b44c9f93874c96d25eb7ddc4688780d8877ce931cf296363fb5748d8d514b
font_01_sfnt_off0000da8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8B 5064 bytes
SHA-256: dab5b5d0e3ea3604b5252de2d939d76e5f8194a4abfddb3ee53b14f51ed1428f
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB2 2140 bytes
SHA-256: 49dddaa543544930169c80d10742cf71a10a90771d945bdf421e53748b1fa594
font_03_sfnt_off0000f58c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58C 20236 bytes
SHA-256: f56fb5541fde94d25546e4e7051fa20e4d6d9c02106627b961a6323110e2aaac
font_04_sfnt_off00012601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12601 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 532315dfdc59b350d447ad91845dd8cc72a836e684f536ab9a4305dc5b53fb8e