Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d1ce8d5a7327683…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:58:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b4df03efffec2e71497822aa673ba4df SHA-1: efe8661a30b63216cb63c064d89e13ea2ec935fd SHA-256: 0d1ce8d5a732768353d9b986a7259536f5de8cf7be29214c6dc09f47740b2b83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing page or malware download server. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/61973827504.pdf
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/xezenadinonoporozo.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0om7bjf9chbu05cglvr6s3ogu/roxudawamakudaxenobo.pdf
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/rodemole.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d197c515be---budusutefarerilapuro.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d20d067a8---42854856982.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b1400fc7f---17820505579.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad281ce4eb---38270057009.pdf
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/31316798261.pdf
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/xulogefufonewofik.pdf
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/85490485856.pdf
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/dezolukezowopotinagov.pdf
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/fikob.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6604f2dbc---mixadixujuvunidavo.pdf
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb3c2c8e60---50166081129.pdf
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec9fb0b4a2d0d70094a8969f809e0f7a/vesatadivetowot.pdf
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/31406878434.pdf
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/42593626391.pdf
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbc7727bae---5847052238.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e6ae57168---zidowotukejojitenitoz.pdf
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/palomovazenexuwoju.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b414cec399---fomozinowodakuvejurujabe.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b0a28ecc8667d29be66e85f290c48e6/rasavobulexanevunodama.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=diary+page+template+pdf
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/22213675189.pdf
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/tumiwo.pdf
    • 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_off0000e163.bin
9b6e52a3bf7049a59ffb77230320fc6bf25a7e3099d38e6bc5da64ed0f1c027f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE163 10564 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f94a.bin
e99d0f38dff8d234899d34b6f294d71c6b478ffc9a2b265b72b5b5e1c7962fb8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94A 17188 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001262a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1262A 16792 bytes