Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d4f1f3276bfe0b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 17:26:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bd4358fd49c6860d435d399da9cc01d0 SHA-1: 5b438efe49fe9ad8b483e24430554ff100cb3b83 SHA-256: 0d4f1f3276bfe0b44e16e0cd81404d45603ad194d473170bc9fd1d6cdafca327
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially harmful sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=visual+basic+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://cybernet-ap.com/UserFiles/File/wupefetosipiporuzazojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/wopimune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/tukatuvaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142fa2ce6954---kiguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/26599398404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37a6d64bbb8e16453ffc8e56e2d5c4e/xomusufawoponidubelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superlitefan.com/uploads/files/81863296842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138bc82ca7e2---paratekeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316aea6a3dc---98122750414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/62892729559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnigakgdsg.friendship-match.com/upload/files/5824124568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161501bc684a6a---lizobuloledodizevuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dexgerm.com/data/file/userfiles/files/bolazokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fffe069064ced7f90c9c0e890728fe0/resobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriziocar.it/userfiles/files/meputeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvmklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/52369907677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210919103418_4ls3fj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.com/wp-content/uploads/files/90131855436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210918080126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/nokesepexinafuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emartdeko.pl/galeria/file/6053349669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/75604233296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/59444010374.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_off0000ae72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c689.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC689 10592 bytes
SHA-256: d72145b10821ebcd935206ddc87fb1a18c677dac70b56063efb56bd8aa07c467
font_02_sfnt_off0000de89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE89 15500 bytes
SHA-256: 5774002480bb4bf6b08b12e09fd8167c115cb6359c7ccc128e60e95eb79e9c42