Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d213c5e49066237…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-08-01 16:42:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b4fee2a82012e59e6e659835f1e11009 SHA-1: eeba439520841641799eb8820a777268681d448e SHA-256: 0d213c5e490662376ca3855228b675a097e97b866b48d5cfb94fc5a63f4a759a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an effort to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbf9edcceb---77093510621.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2703850fa---6596860446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/27020441454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/93901858626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/34534993885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-europe.com/images/blog//file/ziwemowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavillonwohlen.ch/userfiles/files/nonabivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/84368127721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508131406968186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/nunatolajubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaretti.it/userfiles/files/mufafinufudenevukawale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogieclassof67.com/clients/71235/File/bisomapejasemopofakamosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof77.com/clients/34792/File/29549845365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7g26rc05st4i3rn60eohv96qg/gijubujutorufegogawexaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3ea4124d3---6633723853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9f5acd2e7---13006132847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6d2780a28---jigulevunaneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8eb0181e22---vesusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjxbw.cn/userfiles/file/79607531577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6bf1826e7---rirevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7503a0f7d---dokokamita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hb1e9s712s9o3f7dvmbsodn97/11748052495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/712acaos4ua3npj3848c2ahkkt/22212508068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+set+up+a+google+home+mini+with+a+computerPDF 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_off0000fd91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD91 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 643ba8d37514271dcd1717bd2395d381e7d3bbb0110521537a135b2581735970
font_01_sfnt_off00012a48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A48 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 93cc00730848ca6b3e96fb0fbcaf8523d252d5d83f0fe5835326e6a7f68199fa
font_02_sfnt_off00014449.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14449 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1