Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d6653c295c991f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-17 12:49:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 279360f6850e54d9a57764acfc16274e SHA-1: ebbe1f75f05e87b344231ab3bd22f06d6f59b958 SHA-256: 0d6653c295c991f43afb1938ec63266b162074bc7d098666674b5ba8db78962f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pharmaceutical+packaging+design+guidelines PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c727d68a2b3---tarefanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161071c73ee9c5---gunugule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/17662592913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/birojomitebinujefubigel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607766a2696f1---23203163194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/46192637043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ae07367857ff17453c5e8b9daa9ea17/37887875391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fh56h1o50gfgfbrfs2lb5et3g/zorizanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/mireleko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/423386c95485e684d6511a2770ed307a/38082923872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609247e8d4b93---gagudefabazipumafip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a013e1a1e384a7d298579c422e43ae7/81114902094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42lqmak6ajeml8chc3rjshvq72/saridorafuriwebuvifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97710977669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents//files/52934511185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemisterbauldingfamily.com/clients/8/82/82a21d9598fc66f9117a8fb7222c8fd0/File/4739435049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/900bca16e1be65597e148f26a8512c6c/84781576405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/16144943492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/viwoperozamiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/66623588422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607632f939223---13669647331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graviroz.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejulamola.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_off0000da99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B0 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 9d891d206f1419a8b1befd4124b0c38a3653ab7d86f114a1d395b04dcd434802
font_02_sfnt_off00010bf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF1 16900 bytes
SHA-256: 78d6e9bce853ad4db7bd333646a8cb8591867b6f97ec2fd44421034b92752e65