Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d6027e80112ddb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:01:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 04113b7523108a1f3ced1d2d3543cb34 SHA-1: 73ed27a1a4ff8b3a1bf5464b9b7a73f34fce338c SHA-256: 0d6027e80112ddb3d3ef2deb3c91c672161bcbce01e1e4cf48816ad52ea93b02
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The document also employs a social-engineering lure, instructing the user to install a browser extension or update, which is a common method for credential theft and malware installation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/jefujepepimujuduzafon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949131f41bc---tixawogimetasakapidalixug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/vejide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798cb4e9b4e---nuxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/52592065839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/11660607343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca549168e7---wevivopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/10914239737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/2823187088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/gikojafezijuxaxije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074356bc4335---zonuvojiruxarudopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlsferrosilicon.com/d/files/49685247342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f50c08a07---56793813774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076175e17072---19486488998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rlhjdtd13h5o4fam61ovpf45j/pufaxopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/27366503186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-8/20210608111511514331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8a53180718cc88bb7f811e19cfe050c/59595849676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bf3e1303a---34426848708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429051934319219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bee02e44cdb16e45e82cf7bdeb2a2390/rerarudazumal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53f01q6ci63u84t6sp39tib111/mukanabexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khangvietdn.com/uploads/file/80201444951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7o5c0e9h9amibla2pupilpg3lk/72055868681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985d84c8fb0---zerefojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=household+items+beginning+with+pPDF 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_off000102b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B8 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 84ab9f18b72e556882e9b755b1564fca67b851ef49d797eb0850e4fe470ad4b0
font_01_sfnt_off00011b4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001335e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1335E 18320 bytes
SHA-256: 4c55f93e663add3746cf0178dc9df2a862f43213a143c19a91eb1e60edc103e9