Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbf99f6fd3ea3b61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-30 17:07:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e7cd708490ca356cee42baca7fac8777 SHA-1: 5f4e0e9260cde0199c557665083a97ef60d7f1fb SHA-256: dbf99f6fd3ea3b61a3ce71fc6ab35feb49cbb585c8add6ac94ad456b050df5c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, with URLs like 'https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hi+launcher+apk+download' suggesting a lure for potentially unwanted software.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hi+launcher+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://aptitudeclass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajakubegugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polenes.cl/userfiles/file/legujadonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobreaker.com/files/files/48281239921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/62973389068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/87652105161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongphuc.vn/userfiles/file/74355558928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109161514334708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanespresso.com/espresso_ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisapatujikubepagaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitecuador.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33315402125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dfcd466946---wokipifapebaxasixuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52848825057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmi.nfe.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijuzopadubitifuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14843971640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31810254681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/97449073780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155ad068c969---vejojozajefuwajowiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyshelter.net/assets/upload/files/rijipujirojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/36824569526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnht-electromagnet.com/d/files/nadabaxofapopirunolos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/pobebuketatibixituga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejukeroxivamajamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/kesejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146680730024---92500984486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soluzionebenessere.eu/userfiles/files/13014497917.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_off0000b6e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6E2 10612 bytes
SHA-256: bfaa861bdb6671b95894b357f1051b7f46d9211099f504ed56110cf501c9812b
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE713 17856 bytes
SHA-256: bbdd66a473c26595efd580135a218b918b952119bfd8a7502242fb63e1336241