Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d2e8959777616cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:13:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6bbef66086b6378157a2ffc57cb5e9dd SHA-1: 07e2da639b8ac8b51dfa254a6272ed900b72db59 SHA-256: 0d2e8959777616cf0865ad05a5d2cc770a99a0744d3741a5cba9c4b734710f25
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+android+multi+tools+v1+02b PDF link annotation
    • https://villamishkan.com/310renonew/front/images/files/litivozobemevavusosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dodaguvozakazowizaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff7b1acd5c7605c1e09df98f165e3d1/54206547706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/porinuxowisikefefoxesuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73900443096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/37947780401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/53320695524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d90d8399d---vojamibajofakezazadosizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gimixawerisoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dellrein.ru/content/file/vebazirojimusinatigifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141282387bfb---soxuruxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130315504433---nadabas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/nujemumezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/944fa0840ca60adc52b1350fc2738bdf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjpremiers.com/files/tizarinaramikofufagovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/wowakopekor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/96867018471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.vn/uploads/image/files/20919855204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a1972c6fc6---gesigatagefurokejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bef575e48---navetoduxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109130831267226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_C69CCFBD44A46C18.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_off0000dd6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD6C 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 8cfdec27384fbb87e0dff0e66b230aa2c7534d6d2680422bd2f26c8f26deb6ce
font_01_sfnt_off00010bde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDE 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 3216a4531fade8c18da5b0118f70babc8586efe30de8b0632838652c7bc2610a
font_02_sfnt_off00012554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12554 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1