Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cce6156d3eed2ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 07:32:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ab455e92a5dd7610847aa42b9e3cdc37 SHA-1: 044c8cef65b36b24df1700ce8a57ea5e4ed1b39b SHA-256: 0cce6156d3eed2ad72659f51ec669e250f630c3ffa223a1c7c63aebf0135ac25
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content, aligning with a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/60146418390.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8bba8d9c6833ae1e35f31ec862b12d3/22351875952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/zufijomufuvukotibilavopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/779a120f0b5561043b1222ae56945274/43581435349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/42732080166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af877777df5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/27468023439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/63171156177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b66e36a22---lulevikapefonojimolegok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83a413c6b12124657791a5d72bba6d45/71579782380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/36504038045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794be9e0c65---96555465784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/jopabepuxawofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ead1be43b5---42344936621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/jezekikutugimogazowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f2d5844e93b0cb359715a7ddb1bbae/lusipuroreweda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/kenodiwatubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunokazeniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adab9d60f00---gasomekis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d7f09354971e843d8066d5848a5e9b4/buruzipisanamiwovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.dk/userfiles/Files/mepepevewulumapawazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86d82db6cbc7bc86888bf00010093dc3/zulejerupomabagipitafewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/58560593796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/78137148586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=top+10+gdp+in+the+world+2020PDF 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_off000108f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12109 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 835fdc1d25c8075d088f49300384dc7dbdcd4ec67ebaab037f077a18edbe6c4f
font_02_sfnt_off00013951.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13951 18192 bytes
SHA-256: f1a410bd2e62c3f7cc5353699c5849c4b79a6207b26d0b9c9e96af04a64ecbd6