Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ecb04f09b0e6599…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:12:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 943b834d391ff26c05230238e2d58685 SHA-1: 096f4284f940dafc19c153fad4cb7cfa27a2fb95 SHA-256: 0ecb04f09b0e659978d3f14a2b88684c04261f03aff21a5a8586e1992fac6206
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators suggests the primary goal is to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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=angular+tutorial+for+beginners+step+by+step+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a637773f562ce56514b75075cbedeaaf/59997955577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/80943059592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/zuvadezorovutulejofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/golonubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/vesezuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c22377a195809c2bc7cd328d1430c07e/89897627385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/gebilabumerajuvubilatovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88228832691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80735193334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/kajemesuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rewitex.pl/userfiles/file/71444167744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smalternatywa.pl/media/upload/files/1de9a3b34e2a0bf6d411f087b1d4b9ef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/wolelaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/kerun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080eddb352fe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021082517052375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ba7732d3943e0814093375f9b12150/fototavatasoduxexusofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents//files/99429619655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c258af1de34---duxozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/busorape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/c71cd2cc243063453d4a6812efb69c08.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_off00013346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13346 19200 bytes
SHA-256: dad8c30a8521c3f53836c2526e9364ad205edff3d4171f1c32ad60249a3e2a01
font_01_sfnt_off000165d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165D6 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 0e86ae6ba56201a4aa6bcdb7a23d648e0acd5ccadc523f222f7f2c554fde3c56
font_02_sfnt_off00017f32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1