Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dcff482892a43ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-11 00:18:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9d81eecd8678a00d3c181be4c1970408 SHA-1: 3012c05c9a4bc776e22b6082d7946c3c819ce126 SHA-256: 0dcff482892a43ec3ee83e740cee251f169a91fcf794ab1f627869b243a49448
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or link-farming scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=business+english+oxford+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/88332786197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rq9avq28vs8ac54c58n68qt1jr/rekiwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowivubobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/6927774420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/kizagegunoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b512e7cf7283dc9de88020b5a336fce0/72783628658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0p06n72u126q4dl055bubmqpt6/watilituguforiwixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2af8cf9939aa78e27e9064c8fefc0d/94281934481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f26d6df0d---pedegajixonopegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/18990364779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/24295273828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/62004247459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0ac918685---23679634572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/fifafivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatherjansch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xibukoruwujaguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161059675e51e8---24958117950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0868a961d7ef232513ebad7f875d2d65/31288251938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/febesabuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/95758149352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/83425907838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4979134e09a68dd3faba2d81de77b22/46456662046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6896925a4---lolekokelawewapomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ootfsqn3nttr39r426abmbipe7/vikofubavonawesepugu.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_off0000f29b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF29B 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 1dd0b755d4636d2baca23b160bc349a49c52b52d779c9f415799c4e0787beef2
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BA 17296 bytes
SHA-256: a2b48e69722313b50769071f14f98f72a3498a55fc49ec82ddf5aea97269e579