Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ece611d75f9ee17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 09:44:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 9a52c5c055a12c306e04029effca511c SHA-1: 1281f8af8eb36b68e99c793c21b82a4b61d913ed SHA-256: 0ece611d75f9ee176d82e43a627785c6c59813a07773be557fe68d7c529aa5bb
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristics indicating malicious intent, including random URL links and links to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection confirms its classification as a malicious PDF, likely a Trojan downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pirate+bays+proxy+download PDF link annotation
    • http://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/19826608762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea193ff671001486fb48c8cb13f70bf7/45959429778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bead82b5200---45339151181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2m097f7ncb4g78u5ika6d73s5/38281297158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607632d45ed9b---genesoxorogave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easttbirds88.com/clients/d/d7/d767393c090093bf18db16876c07b5c3/File/wimulopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grtl1kt3cn968h1be5usqbvu27/demudajajeranedogegim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/45127929822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/74643240471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cfd23ae5ab8795749388b770c960300/xikopewitivejomojotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/xedivotifafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bad84b4a714a989a7e3d928ed4a14ac0/86203752352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/81667841673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5961acd59a---bekizediru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t16dnk0hb7hranvh8lk2otd3aa/76810839567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d2d740e05---paledimalatizefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/73713814381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f49b8b63e---bibonelimirexaxelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/videkogitifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/947772c45cef81e487d3f28fb579418e/boxamedagimamejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tillmanfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b7385abc5988d1ee605fea7695e3d00e/File/79365188400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/lepapipaf.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_off000132fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014b12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B12 10828 bytes
SHA-256: f4d50bd63ca84c6fd4d285f31493be3a04401f73fe480ec98200f0c936ec3b20
font_02_sfnt_off00016408.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16408 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 02752e37e10ae930cffbfc79c2ac850991c3ca00112f4e52ab663b2d5b1c127c