Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0decea6768a80f4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:17:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f6dc51ca642fa1e03771be2356ca21d5 SHA-1: b85136195a7b9b86585d3d4055995103124e4146 SHA-256: 0decea6768a80f4e8bd9cdba7b930c4d0495418365d524fb322107d41a9919d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or further redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eccf01606a---12712423596.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/gafitozeneloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.com/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/raledudiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/54397329769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8033f5ce71d25ac7303f97124a020e3/tevelametufuvofoviwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd86ac8d15---wenozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/bonuxenajebofemazujezixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/47523459363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d91005b4c---fobenamotebapuwumowufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/55320962945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/72758177941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c71a848f02---sawufokokekowifud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/05/24/file/20210524_091235_115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsp.by/userfiles/files/wovewatepegoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okbilds7ckf11moj4c45q245dh/rakifuzoxevulolozetukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/36177749533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a05d1b022d---25463979025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b411300d6---gorupanevogasenebepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvtamminhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/4978344035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ccd887bdda22fa520f62a0824db1989/64508932648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caffedisanto.it/file/jizirixaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d27d0c6af3ba4dfc6230f98f25f03aed/xanutimimeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ea28315c5---68097783066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pear+and+cinnamon+cakePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90D 18264 bytes
SHA-256: ad322cac3ab897f0d77d46741b181376cb13a65ae553407d25dc7bd435619c28
font_01_sfnt_off000117ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117CA 16660 bytes
SHA-256: 038a3c3e7cf3dc25ed2dac763ba044e6511e8ade75ea9e46e461a74a8ad97993
font_02_sfnt_off00012e78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001468f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1468F 10312 bytes
SHA-256: f7cb51ae277302aa9a1d98d7e0b191ab1db8ea8180becd231cfae9d6b21ecf91