Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ed04c1de39abaa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 15:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5d65bcff717448a6bd70190776f263af SHA-1: c84452fecd2d2b18121805b5f9e2e5e525b982ec SHA-256: 0ed04c1de39abaa1f8e39bddc3d0c6a92a0b614528b7e3bb9592e1c20225eb82
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to other PDF documents hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed for malicious purposes. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further support the classification as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f4a9d594c---rezidixovepukeza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/76608463810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/79488930678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/6228571991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cac51e37d---3089999166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11dbf3e5ede421eaaaecc24b50a02fdc/toxenobuwozalibuxuker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baltic-rt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/visatatonerasawebilixez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/sobutuzomusagorafetobomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13383cc81c80d480fa0669c505ef744/zaxugapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/2277544428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antae.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/11519264811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taborcapitalpayment.com/clients/d/d0/d0a3925ee25d0adc8806453b18bccccc/File/ledolejazefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j81nbra0f3gjqco0i40bka22ma/20983247000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af306bd81e254cb452047e4ef210c3a/61238033027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/renometetaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/xarixegevituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64446632346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc2bd01562---30786165818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd54f7acfddcc491e6ed990088ba596f/38959055163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/rabenorameresiwaserug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marmarases.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tikufekafevopebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e131c46ca5f12a78a35c34b9f5f52f5/wukunidibuzowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f0e33bab04d595d0f4db34edc9b29d5/gejixigelavitatudotonoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/36698074585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e25d7758cf4---govigoxivarutuwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/017cd2d4b80a8cbf78b89857369c5b2f/84633391970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=conversiones+de+fracciones+a+decimales+y+viceversaPDF 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_off0000c36a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC36A 17932 bytes
SHA-256: fa7330545b7411fd9f56e4c5d766fbb6143903aea3a0ebc2710c2cbc041c03c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f034.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF034 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001084b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084B 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 0690602f455dedc8bdada3110ba6108b487d1f9fa6d79abf51f045d5a082c601