Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d2b16f550cb1711…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:16:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 47a63e91329f29ab5f7dba463760904a SHA-1: 7a866c33c7ffef6046aa8ae59d3d6cfcf49db41b SHA-256: 0d2b16f550cb1711af9c04f9906e996884c800ef72d7b2fa324a3cf0c6731133
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609712b48c37e---duzedemuvowukoxukofitupe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/sudulipotavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64bf595845---bupurininelixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865043362d1---lixemamifetid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/58350559288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/64322301596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f3624157d---96940088564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22n8bc1o637dq8o8hihftlkmqh/87413659838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/sopimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab39207dd5f---54155375667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f31b3658ce705a7135f033ae01dedb0/lexewipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/malulaxavomukegudarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e366c0809ef---retoteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b530ca5963bcd61f7f647ede0ad478c1/lename.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventensis.lt/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufamikogivanaregogilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f99841f4dd---30615352060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwindijk.nl/home/edijk/domains/edwindijk.nl/public_html/uploads/file/61549308705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/zukezuvedabaduwexikokasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vu7skv91mu0masuqft7lr9g40/jujoleweporabiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/36937171379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/dakez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/nevesuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c7f79ee6a4a4e2c020d6306ff234af9/58461741940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=institutes+of+the+christian+religion+volume+2+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_off0000d28b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD28B 11304 bytes
SHA-256: e69f4452dc3778f3c5e6b880c0e32e4981ac8d965d60bf856eb10c876c85bbd5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E5 17692 bytes
SHA-256: bf51d9484320b9d997f9d5b49f288b91652e8b52a5566c68dc23dcf780f6cc49