Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d68dba51d83e264…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 09:43:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2a601124a0d793bf141fb9ddcae692c8 SHA-1: 2250499f2659562c8f0b53bc850f4dbab96ba6fc SHA-256: 0d68dba51d83e264739ca1e45088b3032fd818028336f8a70c322ac396aabbb0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefadibajabixevixujomobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://baovethanglongmb.com/upload/files/nikatuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c60f1fbdc---gotewawavemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26789730203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captaincook.hu/userfiles/file/27235469516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prevodi-plovdiv.com/userfiles/file/betan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockefellersgold.hu/editor_up/16994269328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612effa0b0152---lajizudejozejike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/57532829806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saeronbio.com/userData/board/file/90070012226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7dc5b4cbe---24587956288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202109100546239543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sskundal.com/userfiles/file/76858333905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jejagubavusaloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maulich.vn/attachment/files/pumedosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/remegulopimuferugatefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/puzisefijonudofipelufodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613002c00d2bc---sozusovetugodexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/peu2vtk7pepi17d2lmh5r80t50/nalozovapinuwazekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/sojikodewuverilaxejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/ramumerik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90339267027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0bdeac5a1ba989aca9eeabc4a3b0ab/zelivakagewofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aab3e41146---dojagunezepul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ios+13+lock+screen+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://louisiana-arts.org.s150269.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/tidoxuzazota.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_off0000db69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB69 18820 bytes
SHA-256: c38ec12b2c852ed41bf0b83cd2c186820c2c0e1230022fdb6a1d1fabe3eff12f
font_01_sfnt_off00010c59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C59 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 713ccff0d043ad1fd8bb967997ff1258fa62020ac4154101e7c24ee842c08f9e
font_02_sfnt_off00012444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12444 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1