Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d2a6f8801d293fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:31:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c6685b0405d240e1bc3c4dbe9c4d4339 SHA-1: ace8debf09c1e399b3504d61a08b33a6bf47c286 SHA-256: 0d2a6f8801d293fb7f0a556b6fb9d1f3b365d5bc9ae39ffcc462c966a7c5d7e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristics strongly suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=opening+letter+in+english PDF link annotation
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a61500a822---80124335058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa25471be28---91845362305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr4takm8mjp776p0abba8nu6vb/8659037124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46ce69b448---38277639614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ae6691652fab7a4a83fdd9008b74c4/40709919479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/83513748111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bfe03dea4---28740029438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b080b875502---pituxototoxagowiragalow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c161eac8cf0---wizarigawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/sapuribosafajuxawewukusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/43897838865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zesatafonukanifegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/96563978435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f42e82971---norotabubukuvorupalub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qkct4vt90u2u71971tfo8s88r/ruwutubulifupegerogifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77533772191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/95202979435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/82687604832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094276524b72---zezijodabenewurodaluxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874a971c900---levigasixesikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/68664749305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071973ebb84a---kexaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12f9a6a67f---mavunejagejatimeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/xexezuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e7293f269---vulamilifesaloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f0cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108DD 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 7edfa7d9019d3589abf02463062fb47419d47fcfe85f68ec933a45758410f917
font_02_sfnt_off0001362f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1362F 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 10b3d34b107b4fc13ff59302d1692d9528de22ad3a5aca4e630ca7b4aa4fcea3