Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d0c20df25ab481c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 18:18:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8fd813c8866be6f5898265759741a274 SHA-1: 5d23dbbd633c3148c66aea2d41a6800df1c3757c SHA-256: 0d0c20df25ab481c1d197b5a3c9fec8f27eede5762c0b7ae990f6b107ec9becc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, with heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of 'invoice' or 'payment' language further supports a phishing lure. While no scripts were extracted, the numerous embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/narup.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf66b183539---xibudelat.pdf
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/kiledesosakekizanegat.pdf
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/buvarem.pdf
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/borarixapabanul.pdf
    • http://domgr11.ru/uploads/files/luwawalekenasirofoj.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719137b533e---retexagivatimutonidad.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4708abe4dc---43293421719.pdf
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/955ls01ve35c60uspaerpr3g8s/xovesaliviwesumep.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eaa6120301---65471486694.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0563kqf5ai62lg5el2s7jeuq04/59819463984.pdf
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac04a69e067---63716177208.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c63d5b142---nozifipamexelebagadevejun.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb18b85888ecdf44cf4bb444189e03c/21519737425.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eea27c032f---11751801448.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b0de815f2---tidelafefugojepafepi.pdf
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/pegegeroneki.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14c7f9a861---41373635462.pdf
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/10677457890.pdf
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/nikomudigelod.pdf
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/vegebugotizewogorexil.pdf
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/49148229464.pdf
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/rolipuluzifejafipemokase.pdf
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/95832745636.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+fair+value+and+cash+flow+hedge
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e621.bin
80928ed579352c5ccc953a6f7da275eb6936a1e2a3fc57df65e9cb3839fc4c2a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE621 16288 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011035.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11035 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001284c.bin
e84688cdf7f4a51c3a48fa0d4c182f8f4d09129ecdc952af570fa0f22fdc252c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284C 11148 bytes