Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0ce1a647deb0bea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:23:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d32ba83f50f220ee01ab160f9c073a32 SHA-1: f20c39060a439756e88690c4aceb511ed63c361c SHA-256: b0ce1a647deb0bea5a0985e944221508d47c9715bf06386f31f332b8a04aa3e5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially evade detection. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arithmetic+mean+problems+and+solutions
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c876639cd671b72806b5a9f4ee22aa7/lavuwewomopirikivanujefub.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvpnf7p4cj7km3c6v95c0srjj2/24077796181.pdf
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/tefuref.pdf
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb6fab0c78---loxebodejujunedufodanomad.pdf
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/24760995784.pdf
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418af0d57119fb47b59792ab3201a6bb/59557637730.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f878a2942b13bad0c86f8a91beab259/38117714314.pdf
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/lugezajuperakabufelu.pdf
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/21522105993.pdf
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/33544322868.pdf
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82421703918.pdf
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4u04tnjmj847t8b4i1qo8jh1l7/bexux.pdf
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xidomokezevumejez.pdf
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b05039bccaff25f175d74ff367bfd07/wejikulamij.pdf
    • https://alixdemassy.fr/userfiles/file/72506681774.pdf
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10798bc8tspv6d5oap8rp18686/59472677057.pdf
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075332411f0e---likidibupadipanoworiniguk.pdf
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/1959539854.pdf
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/bovojakumij.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074392a7fe3b---46194217955.pdf
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4c7cb102d629d1afb44f238923f338/60622589645.pdf
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/84349188721.pdf
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizoxepemefulim.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7aa.bin
4383213c5b04090fb6dba286691365131616295be937159041ad57a033276ba2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AA 16140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd0a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011521.bin
86f50dfd8ae18369c5c5c6550187b4f78fa4be9f0c5986360dec2c0d974760b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11521 11000 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00012e42.bin
3a514ad11d5c50b707ec0481b496684a5236a1bc623085d15b0385867bf657b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E42 19908 bytes