Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0de00af049e26911…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:54:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6dc920ef3c57dbec0d6d1a9d25637c28 SHA-1: 77a70b2df908a56825f849ffec7bc54a7b89a1b7 SHA-256: 0de00af049e26911cd3702beddd4b7d3143542804e6c98a71527d9dd7a2107e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URI heuristics further supports this, as the document likely attempts to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into visiting these external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mathematics+for+the+life+sciences+pdf
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/39262997691.pdf
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/39074903784.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac230e811104cbba47793c940d6e50f/vexanisorijisi.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b19897188f3b778384eb999909bd445/zesurimakixutivinefebibip.pdf
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/miworiguzoxufusedutenazaw.pdf
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/rolutotudekamikad.pdf
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/netelonezisipugomokiwiro.pdf
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8f1392fc22965ddf692ed898c939cd2/38900729459.pdf
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29248c2be0---33734494621.pdf
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/fazoboz.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4297e08ee---pegigozumes.pdf
    • https://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/sukeposuxo.pdf
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46820835827.pdf
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/meruwefibogixesibevarikak.pdf
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09d6c2ca7d---80312769535.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/60630708377.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7ff0e933e---rakav.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec27826a90d9f451c82bc78a7db424c/84778412307.pdf
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/mevubobanuroralosovaxijug.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d689d4c86d---62266354238.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccbdd2e5b0---82704415559.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e84e.bin
ef01492257bd04078b67542b727d62d18c574cb79614d5e9578171b397c61c3a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84E 17420 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115ab.bin
f1d4c4d818ae1cc4f850cf7a08635508ccdc8e2b84b7766d81e89a9fa5cfb177
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115AB 10880 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e9c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E9C 16792 bytes