Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0a2edba2ea3116d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:17:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: eee6d6605ee1d7d84eb6ffac05d81a0e SHA-1: e6add05dcf28df6aea3ae2472e2fde262704eae1 SHA-256: c0a2edba2ea3116d7ad8fbbc461094373c34c2ef33bd2b500bf353219164a43b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+select+all+on+a+mac PDF link annotation
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27495892669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d8d547d435005b1f0658257126fe90a/35545514942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e72c251e9---36126099283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/xetuwurefarufidarezikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/visajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/migonevovixopitafakobenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609144fc38d89---lojujilanoxivuvafuzokile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/digefamalumadipizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcbbb236fc---23755943920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf41ac684a---taxanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e806e7b067fe0f143c3041a97b17f605/pexowivawuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/23757573098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822415bcd02---mogifetobekojarovanoxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b987edbfe4f---11333630907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63aa6cdebc---95225085062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/83081916185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ff8b327e3df33dba491f38c566bdc8/56257509867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/68060631374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae47d1217a9---bisibubisegupopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmbnjum4akbn9m75g1slp3ual4/podefajuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f482985cffe686b8c12c199d286af08/66197330865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v81jjd71l7h1nruj5eep48u4df/61869541588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/37016880303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0a0707fc5---72392297910.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_off0000f2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A0 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 5ac56c0a6a1b672af0caa3fa42ec3ed8ba60a87ded49ffdb44e311cd3cc8bf25
font_01_sfnt_off00011fe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE1 10632 bytes
SHA-256: e3cd592b47081561a56a8ea1aace24298deefec69830f8399f0fca9b96ba3d61
font_02_sfnt_off00013843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13843 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1