Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d00997b342f4d92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:00:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c396aa7f6d27c5538958f5460ed87729 SHA-1: 3f40d3f304e21dcface8ce269609e5e68f8019c9 SHA-256: 0d00997b342f4d92f416c8ce70cad7af789c149d79da50e10dc0ca6591a715cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identify it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of a visual download button lure reinforces this interpretation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/duriwanisuduranajopibu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e5ff66efd9981358ed1e5db748f7e0f/tetarejisaxibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f113cccc2---wigafopotigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c501009eaae---29351167424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/reranokiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/wegeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c689b7f0a8---61913226534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/98375033284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb8efe9672---jokirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innospectrum.eu/hirlevel/file/galalozudataruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/32863737577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corghialberti.it/file/fodinosanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearmanhsreunion.org/clients/e/e1/e1754705b4c076d7cd520c5e9e79ed07/File/74175133052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1b11adecc3aef18d98c294ddd4a38ed/90023256570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fce01f2248---luvafesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42d82bca8801c52b1f38065f5fa2ae3d/15259088231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/nidatupepamusevibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc2040d4fc0---89022266729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783f79d504b---vedeniguxoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/3191726983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d87b3d2af8eae351d728067ef22165b6/lewawafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23rquqbnsijcq4uphk9lhbpq1j/vujifowokufoketadagexuban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=7+habits+of+highly+effective+people+book+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d2d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAED 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 54b5280d9aeff7778d51d3dbf214d798a31165befbbdf04aaa316129447f3da4
font_02_sfnt_off00010557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10557 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 29202005ec22ef4428d0862e780da9bb4c781b830074629d21d90f74d3b71561