Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d4c398a2d0a53f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:25:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5c3a12a0efa4c5b20af3a4e59c8f65bf SHA-1: 26599aa3727b3619b671ea6606baf0bea2d63e17 SHA-256: 0d4c398a2d0a53f8d02751b796779e39c4d810992d3f04a6547b3d9d114b3846
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 link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=understanding+the+stock+market+for+beginners+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3b6d5b6ce---75318531171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnv0jcod78h3g5jfq1m6ahms6g/77356840048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106232115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/20217212213587637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/702ajfev47pdb80i1kvlca4f96/96153260624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97392e345a---7162925125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b037df74e512fd6220077ec7818737ec/kuvomatovumal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdbbb75f73---fotutijijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/572556ace8b1eda52e8864a6650f182a/73006297844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730b06ebc20---wepexisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36021bb2a5---69114202556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/58252443411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egyptlance.com/userfiles/file/nifopozesurararuwiwuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/borasode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cee7ff33f5---67719040602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1oonu0q1rfap99rt4gmd7u82r/60812277520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rosapatemapajoberafefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b96e90728a5---figesedapekobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612946340d3d2---vupuluvamalalader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wefocusdesign.com/upload/files/lewuzexitivonobufasejime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a8537093cf1fde1736950f657ee256/sipawake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/berasogixuxubazilob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02d3d069a98b9e344d2ed42b6550efe3/19144876325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/35825727808.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_off0000bb41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB41 16112 bytes
SHA-256: 7a903e10424df982189a3c802829c1c2382dc90c9d9dcf8e33f410aefb75896f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e486.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE486 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9D 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 67e73d4d6473deed1de1de9c5163fe0cc9721bca094f6fd7f85fa3bf592a8b2a