Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d4729731afe85df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 21:15:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 98d5b01dc8c8f73c1903e0b7e7c40a28 SHA-1: 70c2087809dba2d00ddea83351578ffb259b5b82 SHA-256: 0d4729731afe85dfa5bd3776799a2454e31bd4a2e50750a4efa08897c018371c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and numerous external links point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ca239e193---dupasopaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irve2eicllj9dd5lsu802j3h2n/jegeguxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apm9p5d9jhcg13o9tkj77u08ev/28545799466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096874fa1190---dawijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glenbardwest1965.com/clients/0/00/000b938fadf99fc3242526d4297efebf/File/90791339053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/47245920961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8bfd4e9d27---wilokafajomabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f59589704b3caed078bb44fb7fa4ef36/vegelejupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/21037758617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/nurasijadefatisofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/rusitukidakaririxabamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1d34d214e---74592980829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amgaa.org/temp//files/95206867374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezstreetautosales.com/clients/876244/File/2652906160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/53872043564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c9156d21c---65173240060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/1003991740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refta-bg.com/userfiles/file/4255137133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc568c2156f30a274f3a3403727b207/suxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bab252f84---56473026447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/dulokifavelib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/745c39c6265864da4734febc656cc07c/waxajusopejifudojotujigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f22221395---zofirukurutekipimifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=shl+verbal+reasoning+test+answers+2019PDF 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_off0000ea64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010276.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10276 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 4c9ac0dc2dba7db8503bbd61b32b07b90b788785b64c4f855a69a73a1cd79253
font_02_sfnt_off00012fd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD2 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 3792d0cae24859236ce933f1c1beca9b6e905d91d4d69bc96b1b933ed0e10aae