Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e834b04ab15e45c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-07-27 09:16:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5939ded58972067f7b41739f09dcdc57 SHA-1: 7e67230849b3c05d2ea2d500e32ce65ec313774c SHA-256: 0e834b04ab15e45cbbaa949c522cbe9fdda4197a3f75bc90d0cbf475d93f4607
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially malicious or SEO-manipulated content, rather than executing a direct exploit within the PDF itself.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6c5973835aed13df01c00f7458f0f87/41088464026.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifiwunewawaxisuxoxozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f29103b9c---84751124853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/rigeralegurotolononaviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be7c4708bd---zamatuxemetomafakipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/13655610600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b067cb629707009be43918451d21ed9/zidokerabawetoninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/fafatavokojuwadolatuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/486e90ca82f2a2eec4401a6f98ef2e63/pevelumamoridapivesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080489bab002---lovokijukodis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/71390222089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/debolukowobuxapijawokuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2a0654b42---gutisewutawozemekodarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyellisonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/ff/ff850d76676c1858bf5e443b7a907d3b/File/kerimavawoduvofemib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/53987063362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e56aa49558d---13145633974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082824e2e174---zevuveguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/46129821787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/nedafebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dfc06676fcab5eb0f86e8e6fceeb08f/jusolumupetejeboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6e09c8e3f2---48511119533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a03cf02ad64083e038bed14c753b03/jotufela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1d9002437---moretonenojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/sisedadovuvupubunemijigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/lumun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+progresiones+aritmeticas+y+geometricas+resueltos+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d2ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2EA 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 9fc2e21b785a828c697ee258a735ce10ad3b4c0a24bbd0f9ef12a98a2b0734b2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2E 18448 bytes
SHA-256: 544055758a949b4e7444929285063d2196aed3aca84e2100e2d3b44338ddacb4
font_02_sfnt_off00011be8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1