Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e56024dc77360b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:52:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1e5515a4b4f8a54337a78b7b82ec3bfa SHA-1: 17804fc573dc4054fbbb21179a650f31f96589fd SHA-256: 0e56024dc77360b4cfbc2cf078a6d7d9796e28f23cd1eee69ea3a34705e22aa6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to other PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure victims into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lathe+machine+parts+pdf+download
    • https://garnizone.com/userfiles/file/wovumepodinilor.pdf
    • http://simmsfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/98/98d47f1658d09d39d77ba56043454c9c/File/wokufoxudikopejadixe.pdf
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/mafuvigefemabutatitaf.pdf
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/34625037935.pdf
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6b0hidcegh51gikqv8meb6pq3/95574500230.pdf
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/davemetowumela.pdf
    • http://www.icareonline.net.au/ckfinder/icare/files/rotifomaj.pdf
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/sopona.pdf
    • http://scarpatti.com/files/88204052736.pdf
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a344a57054d2abe771defcdc241a189d/62320693248.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f78ac560d---52616165299.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b633efc9996abf77244bb175ea9377f9/45320871420.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/wonuvodavewugivuvak.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f8ae5ad3e8136cf79e040279ecfd95/91832849513.pdf
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/tugagusog.pdf
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806e0b832b7---vutola.pdf
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210828091156.pdf
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxekozemar.pdf
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/bujidisowujikoxibofujate.pdf
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/38459493412.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xulife.pdf
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/fivoro.pdf
    • http://dekogard.net/deko/veri/_files/22852802688.pdf
    • https://securityguardsupply.net/php/uploads/file/fakemujepatokadulobidi.pdf
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/18861707334.pdf
    • https://digireg.cz/upload/walujarimumururidepef.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_off0000c042.bin
89d0eeec1a1874d3d819aba4a6efe71e9a129d80ac8cfff7d89237ff05ba9908
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC042 10928 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d970.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD970 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f182.bin
866e56fef4f02530492475fac42994c4ee29d370e1d9ecd3c94d525ec97119f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF182 16104 bytes