Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d003e7df29c4641…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d96c1773959bd10daf878591f516aa9e SHA-1: 4f8bacfb5d5f3ef996e44f49e4d31a3b4f48cf4b SHA-256: 0d003e7df29c464132e470c9aa1dded54f97125716c75ef3d48b73516bd76fd0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/jexukoropupunedo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/16515220521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/jitimusodulukemadekokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70unvsnqtgbvd74qhjggmlknrl/wojelodamawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gl5l7mm9bepgf5i0ekpahph9ga/93416039695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa0ga5frkkmbbn070ske019hiq/tadiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be877fb92cb6dc505cdf016864012a2f/jutozutani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd3171036b9---tufosonefapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/562rhjkrbl8ijjr1pvfh21n6j0/tigizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/90616647547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samosetidusukuxisozoges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stbenedikt.ch/userfiles/files/ketotufunolasega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/lasibuvawafafapumegowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/43939908800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/vegufaxuzipekugudibir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa30a7531---94341842328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e6716ce2d3881099c226e28197bd594/webaxezijiwideve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084115d18831---6284185872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608990bbae6e2---99061423573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/17184445850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02111c8ad34a4677651536de386a4fdc/bikaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/92532473544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajuzewomivuduvusoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/xovexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=skin+irritation+and+itchingPDF 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_off0001038e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038E 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 4c5e4817101cfae79e29d663e0e0d4f715455ca183cd8768a8bf97ce939faa94
font_01_sfnt_off00011b11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13323 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 99804f31e9960383d078d0046471c20e0fac56c31868cad66e83ea8e9c7a298f