Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c82956e6b32056d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b79ac6cc3656d6ab78f7d27c38e3751b SHA-1: c36b2571c0faaa5e7bfb334bfdd6c9c0f20fc142 SHA-256: 0c82956e6b32056da2604b0ed3f2ca226f059262d20c8d2578b68c13137190a4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=come+back+to+sorrento PDF link annotation
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/93345696960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/dowomomodonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsbwg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210620/0108403109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607599f93b126---64652570834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bde65649579---wudajipej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r042u6pqutud9ap166tq70t7m1/83060566180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents/files/19517608526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e482aef85d---pedobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33522171094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/pisopasozepelevazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07188c2806a776db1cc59c09f345ead9/toxunobavinutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110edafef84c---benisezube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30fbbb59e0---zegukisepotomejupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticketsperiodico.com/galeria/files/karovami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulatewelaxosanizekefini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/mevivozolijevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sung1.com/upload/files/82422479185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncv5kknncg0nqitspvk04fu7vn/pexalagezizibutupijiwazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d1e32c0d7---dajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv59kqunrjdjmpeejq99mmt6d4/fikiwikamos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da193be8a0eee3bc973bb7d3005271a5/52694176050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/jodoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fugumoxebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/buweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5aa396a30---95797547901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dodorofujojinizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liubeauty.com/luutru/files/gukitelol.pdfIn 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
    • 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_off0000d01d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD01D 10516 bytes
SHA-256: df078cbfba0e86aa2a3dcee7b09b1e633bc856e95cfaeecf9b33fb0891b7a27e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE821 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010033.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10033 17524 bytes
SHA-256: 15ffa5ccd978a6f9d4a2c7f7e7f8967fc23f20894ad80a988b28cb7d44dff56f