Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e18cfa0b76ba4a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 02:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dfc98a072b086e97c0a18cb645795616 SHA-1: e3ff36641b57a7c603968cc83f795570368eb631 SHA-256: 0e18cfa0b76ba4a277d3a13c86b8b346048f8cabede987d73a45a1b60d641f17
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or other potentially malicious hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://stopserv.ru/files/file/rugoko.pdf
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd986471d1076e1359537b0a1d4763b0/87605471919.pdf
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/95833224291.pdf
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/tubaleragolatonarun.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97bf9c6173a726a91b9636e6c0f623a9/telimijonezawulivo.pdf
    • http://scottleddy.net/clients/862555/File/texafiramaridotik.pdf
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/nitaw.pdf
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/86295411789.pdf
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67988201634.pdf
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/41071129567.pdf
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22c2bb9870ef37c251014e6e38a8ef73/67975866314.pdf
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/33447307832.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d2a501722---rekejutifigoge.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0449b5443a171756ffebe1384f8b7a47/kenobimasuvibupakete.pdf
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/61983250432.pdf
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jde3o0cpnid2gicli47nvcs9n/74537080658.pdf
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3afb75ad75---dugarujelusodigaxivopika.pdf
    • http://soflocops.net/clients/81266/File/wifotojagu.pdf
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusexanop.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739c0e2d1b4---64115613471.pdf
    • http://bollywoodsalonskokie.com/admin/images/file/dapamoxonuzut.pdf
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/60722586791.pdf
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bubitupufojot.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=study+plan+essay+for+master+degree
    • 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_off0000ee8d.bin
8f567954f12a8ff480f10215af838d9f3c8ae5812a73f7adb9957cb533b83490
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8D 11040 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010817.bin
0e11f5384d00ef1e4a669bf9b163c3a2b94c735cfa3366a30f10941023195006
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10817 17036 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013445.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13445 16792 bytes