Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dee626ceedb22c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 14:29:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c9af6e4fd319946da54c73479d8a3aed SHA-1: 6f999e73d3b001b3ac78ed61bb163cdef63ca55a SHA-256: 0dee626ceedb22c4ab634628fb92d0024edff1776954899f9d5a3379f4184236
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs suggests an attempt at SEO manipulation or tracking user engagement with the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+textview+source+code PDF link annotation
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/faxixawegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349d41df42a---vabapadijinimunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babijie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911150215237408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210904012603157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doxegevuwuzidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkokmagnetwire.com/ecodev_test/image_system/files/6291970266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senvietsystem.com/ckeditor/upload/files/43427695822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/42843595190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/mukogirovovataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/vipolozobita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe0fea9d21---37064945281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/durabatokifogeboxenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aayams.com/userfiles/file/jokezojemizubemujawifawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373503c97f9---xegozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptobasics.biz/uploads/files/25675307891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/71772627984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/userfiles/fichiers/bametuvixepitadotigunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/48382040364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hosotte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xobugomajimuwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/3112379003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadcnaeutgftohcogh8i8dsc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/zixasurerijorisipozaliret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oxigensupplies.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/60369867986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135138f1b9df---sogawogapufepamopedulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/8247593016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/3554_20210910021056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/tosazajuziveluweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventechsite.com/files/files/26681796230.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_off0000c34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC34E 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 36f45f690571cf74bd5fe55c0738ce64c537695378fba9942163321fbc4bb646
font_01_sfnt_off0000db65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f377.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF377 18296 bytes
SHA-256: 8489b475edd5e4859f76380f4f5dc51248ba9328a904888830ae4a4a1714e8de