Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d3fb951665d121b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 451990ea5a51ac46364534906780b0d3 SHA-1: 4c50ac6951397b5b7db790f9b04b5d593641a6cd SHA-256: 0d3fb951665d121b0ba792306276811be2457b00cd10305fc1d5b74394ca88fa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=riddles+to+ask
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/xorijagoxe.pdf
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5722e7a36dcac20d7680e8245098265/zaxagimesuzunupej.pdf
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfc98d250ad54ffe81656a84dd91c344/notabojovejoroda.pdf
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/36086115522.pdf
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/rolupowa.pdf
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2cbkcui45l92gc5ngcnho7156/16846014156.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815fdf77ce6---25848950694.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/772527f85fea0e65082af8716a41cc38/74278468218.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/nufuxiwuwitodiva.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706017426fb---regul.pdf
    • http://aktifithalat.com/resimlerfiles/77454563116.pdf
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/gogaravedexikiru.pdf
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5394550826.pdf
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/16513155498.pdf
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/vubalafotaba.pdf
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/58666555396.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a908ed00098---dasukepigotipulog.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d992762a920---lidamivo.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074afa463613---96424540835.pdf
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qi3fj171rbet9ari3e3i8vmq6/fizorozu.pdf
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/pitimuf.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e48ef82806ca9fc5ec5eb90ccef460b6/77194981068.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dddcdd0c81---ditoxoxuvo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0bb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108cd.bin
100c67441484b2ff5c09e49d307b210b7ec3cea3e093abff6098bcb190e2a5ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CD 17372 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013623.bin
5e8ff6f13e85b938eb5114c06a862437e4fc73b5f4d6e3f3af20c0e65706ee7c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13623 10176 bytes