Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f493e15eea1a146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 22:00:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7a42580cb780be748d0f6edac3afbf46 SHA-1: e9dac51efc16ec56d20a40777966fe2c29b3ab7a SHA-256: 0f493e15eea1a14602a2e4495618447d8603c903260da42fce365db4a5db0e98
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates a focus on directing traffic externally, likely for further payload delivery or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3348

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+30+days+of+night+dark+days+online PDF link annotation
    • http://jiji.pgo.tw/pic/uploads/files/63385235324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/saxajamixiwese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/narenenejomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e526rjeoevov0s70tijltv19i3/74185529660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agros.net/uploads/file/koxumisopixowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/repojepotelumesadag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/2123348359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ee37eea92---pixavegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3opk8k6u5gokl6gsc3u9nmo8hf/98226241943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021091517003073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/vudowagenesixodevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-restauracion.com/app/webroot/files/uploads/files/vukusefigawomaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yensaovinastar.com/media/files/tuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e4057c3d0---tazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users/file/kijoxikebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humansharehouse.com/userData/board/file/lefamugozapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfins-thailand.org/uploads/file/pulusiwezotifafofuxanelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lkd55t0aa3h09a8dc5la72vkh7/buvejonoluxegife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5710449840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/74647855303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryyw.com/upload/files/2021/09/202109011051043052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--psg-9lac.hu/files/files/japepawusizolikimuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/40876120859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jaegeraviation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sugewomamaxiwidazoz.pdfIn 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_off0000b25e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB25E 15740 bytes
SHA-256: 557b9dc2e77794a75837939a677520fa5a1a521af6c067f49cc6752bca2e4bdb
font_01_sfnt_off0000da18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f22f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22F 11248 bytes
SHA-256: e3e608e8c2cd907b28aaefab0843feb589de631c25419ccbfc28d330bb5234d0