Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d662aee39a2d113…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 18:06:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9c62c6c37cff38b6d7d6868df7aed81c SHA-1: 89cae281a9615dbd48e5f26c63fc5b02b4e2f77a SHA-256: 0d662aee39a2d113e0aae03bebeebd9a110d5594262589df3be3c0434cea67f2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external URIs and the overall structure align with techniques used to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=esl+possessive+pronouns+lesson+plan PDF link annotation
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/punex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/91824233656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e523a31b0f---kavekibusogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cmkb1cndk9mupamm5deed4u17/gokuluxana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5113v3e1qe33h6mknsb84potvs/1036263067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/zivinujakenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://127.0.0.1/kardelenemlak/upload/files/1141618225.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b545dc641534134286294725a32d8846/guziwoxusipizekilutodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608119256b794---gudapagusowewawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/fumujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ef0de17b7c71c2f824c894e5f434a8/satunuzukerujusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovogunuwekara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be40388993---gagukobopuxetasezaxanafez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e5aac094a---51801414980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/refekeruwuzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/duzitajemakisuxuzagofezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2fa9553f38daa6a13b9028eac62af2b/volubewaladutukako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/tozifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents//files/mubeguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c385935cac9---79273517095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugoxokuzeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/woluxakoliriwikixorol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/10261523477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/rufor.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_off0000d52a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD52A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3C 16988 bytes
SHA-256: b0385e68cb4e5d2d537ba96dd977da3246b204f07e86453161cc7d07c93d253a
font_02_sfnt_off00011988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11988 10296 bytes
SHA-256: a44776cfc7cdd50fabc082ac3ba999f0f040cf86888ede5e698e5e518328cd15