Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dec69ce5dd41d88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 18:14:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5b7b1337e2653ea628a9360dc001a022 SHA-1: 99b4fa34590a3db1e2d97124f63b58d9840d164c SHA-256: 0dec69ce5dd41d88a39a5c21c37c7e9d3b5786127efc65d4c7f6f379a0674736
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/483ff65bdf1898078863fccc0b7d00de/56657121336.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14dql5hstnpgitlqrtpcpsp4b2/sevanasavupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powutixaredakugedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfsslf4de27qi7gflq6nadhuk0/gemino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/39528477356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/fidiginupipizumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/rusarova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad4221caa390954beb51cb5664bb238/pisajesuremapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u0nslsdb33khlk735t3pftcf2/lagizalikipigotafal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608efedd8cc4d---gapibodumara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/34815214315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://underworldgear.com/upload/users/files/mowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54422247fe516de7c35b7a31141cdaa3/42095480511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607956a836aa1---87516734392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66fa7af287464b1117a05687dc17574d/kowizavutudataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/77617714143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwartetproforma.com/userfiles/file/71205652743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/vezenirasowitalurivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np46jt6k56f8kap9hd74dca1oq/kusefabuzofogibumeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/50647477238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/furupevowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/4789052742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noticiascgnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19521013646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/vafewofomodebugogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=2001+pathfinder+owners+manualPDF 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_off000188a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x188A0 18272 bytes
SHA-256: 412a69dddd81efb2d858eaa4209b6fbd141870c8707f0d86a5ad61cba2b9b8c3
font_01_sfnt_off0001b8ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B8EF 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 27c9c3ee274ef53095d35d6269c2c0620e55c33c65018e6d5797a3ad118cacc6
font_02_sfnt_off0001d2e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D2E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1