Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d2413debed0c7b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:08:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 78ec2a0d23b0f40571a465a7895ffec9 SHA-1: 2598ffe64fa7143d77073a277394bd6e8627a9a2 SHA-256: 0d2413debed0c7b68c282bc40b3b962a3099c051d508ccbc56bf001e138a4186
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable domains, as indicated by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to a malicious document intended to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce2771c014---sowuzugorinojilul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/66938294713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///rixeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/detevebulomijixujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/pojeginizinobonexitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4615871f1b---63637196949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f4df8cf9f---5842141084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/tovefegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104d3aa321c0---17865303499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bgindus.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/74452737605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa27397e9---jezevidetizupuzawena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7002e7ea9efb18ae53b75b46b6708d68/tawuzixopasinogugumedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/2076970471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1627270635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5faa55105d9f00405906e9c10fcf6e70/niworaxobedifelejadugebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6gkjpi25lergniuj6llveg8tn/10427682378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b569bc5645d---43773287339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64ee91a14341117fae9708dc54e5ecf4/siwukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f804980944f---tinapubozisefisikorova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/32291371738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=graficos+radiestesia+pdfPDF 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_off0000b922.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB922 16164 bytes
SHA-256: e7906b9d4ff75dd1e22d7bd534d83cc8abc60a84bc6fe3a612f5f82f6f61b091
font_01_sfnt_off0000e267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE267 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7E 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 033682b7c5aabd06c937d575d40cb114179288949f5602ae269228e586e0ef83