Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e5a0a61494b5a60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:46:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e49793c2a2e47d475847597d16ee8c8a SHA-1: f71a9a6838db06fb48fdfaecc36c87721091999b SHA-256: 0e5a0a61494b5a60fe78f4ce922ba78151937c1f6c5f5d2d3bb3ec16f34a9a4a
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 websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the attack pattern of using deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dishonored+death+of+the+outsider+safe+combinations PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20575361080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/2799282763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/divelagobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2ca70b1b0---xagekawoloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72a5490f71---56096425792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71b348f921---38247654532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/37492804157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6aff72f70e---kalegapajaburarizina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/673fe017282f48a18e34aaf3c11c323d/52819003873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/28693236560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/dipusipukofoxareruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/zojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/35108455706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4efe8f24c29faaf303117e434e7959d/tilifemunapawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/91068949602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9120eda05299d1ec9ef98855acd3aa8/podovizajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb061ac62b580d23477de4f3082a61c8/zotegorevosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d59175a3e5d95bf47710e4a6121a3d68/lerezasakunudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p8md92782vgfhcsf7l03b0pdt5/rupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753ffd6fede---77436490469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b65caab9ac61003b3bf95625523bd0/noziga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/kusaviwesulipativuwivuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/142bef068490ea2449d4fd6e014c690c/wimalujotupizazu.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_off0000e96e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96E 10936 bytes
SHA-256: ff4e288f8e258299916d5f6021754fbb59400f52f3bc4d83c2fbd3e1b03008fd
font_01_sfnt_off00010295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10295 17072 bytes
SHA-256: b35cdab62f7092dd2595b4b2190fb0e3b5c3a5cca3b26f5ebca212c47d2e5d49
font_02_sfnt_off00012f45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1