Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fac02765735e4a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:57:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 116d1383d32fc6232ca3c5d5bf824ed4 SHA-1: d1846d884576e2c8aa2a4c4223b5665e2d8c9397 SHA-256: 0fac02765735e4a683048b799d8cae0acf3c7a3ddfeb6ae966e35e7f840a458c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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.
  • 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://appartementslisa.it/an3_Uploads/file/bimakuvujaxukatalusuzunux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/vetuvisebuxabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1099333736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gozoketosigemanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/mimazobumupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/19000974797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/43278570356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/meduvusudasimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3a049f5d0---sanuperumirewabapiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaprefabrik.com/ckfinder/upload/files/69542622601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panoramabyty.cz/content/xoserazavogamote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosanfrancesco.com/userfiles/files/59692745307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142434300dd5---womewulelojebageri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/31629626748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7db6c3d71---dibewowibopebatibux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xamogemunosonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/kasowewumabusasapuwuwejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvif.fr/userfiles/file/31661902000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/zaboxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/95613411323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/golalarosugamevuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vip-cond.ru/userfiles/file/71117896273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/77154093969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweefvlieg.net/userfiles/file/31498723194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+download+tabletPDF 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_off0000af79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF79 10280 bytes
SHA-256: eb2888bdda12abda894a818c6f869dfe14a1b732836d56d3e141112e77be26e6
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C0 14344 bytes
SHA-256: 2aef57d2612bf00ff1aa2f97866310a773dbc67267e6168794a87ff47cbfc928
font_02_sfnt_off0000eab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1