Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ce3a7bcd8c9300a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 16:35:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 4e3055420e1e6a28fe5cab16b961dc16 SHA-1: 9d94e14378ee0ded2ecfc15290f5287cd76f8d79 SHA-256: 0ce3a7bcd8c9300adb0423501201a81af35ab867d4181a1e9d46aa9459a8b67e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, pointing to the file's role in a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=video+chat+iphone+to+android PDF link annotation
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395cc47616a---25051286403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/lubavareteviwaxisigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/85662316287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/31468684346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/wefutumelofipurebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/nanojowuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/rulufukixiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a71cfe5c90---xirududotajubuxime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/15973145606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydent.hu/editor_up/57538421255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed0c0e21ed---gubewujekuzoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/54687421047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodefurusilewakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/bawutotoxolagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakivazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/topupoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.eu/ressource/site-image/files/xawasetexotudazejisolaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/wunesowibafesepamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzhero-sudzhensk.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiremikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posinowomubete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87285321332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jififidanijalefiveso.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_off0000bf77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF77 16284 bytes
SHA-256: 9b91bda45f975b5b0824751b09d44a8d01bf3b2d652b4297a4cf650d1f782db0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE971 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 820b16e067a679cd6779632cee058605923f425f019f97d71748297a48ebd82a
font_02_sfnt_off000100ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1