Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d70303b8789f44d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:46:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 31d1e5b8412a27808930325b7c447196 SHA-1: d7951eebd590bebcddd671a27e27486f03a06584 SHA-256: 0d70303b8789f44dada4ba0870ef4d557df6102b1145735bcd8c4a019a7432ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of multiple links on compromised CMS upload storage reinforces the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 http://dvarenda.ru/upload/file/nafenegimodijejisetidowem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/pukivak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/12144380222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da65ef39f87---35752622220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/87071759588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb17d59100105cecf7fadaf03f6285d2/15823417712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/guwogonukuvajala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d4cac7627d---tubugotumawigagizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abbf708dea6f2daed7446bdb3231af71/nasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93c73674fe---jotefezurutidisafilufaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098973ba3c82---wiwixoroxuwifumamezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4b645efd9b---22173627857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/95872946205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39eef5743d2f4e5110ee570f1aa56e81/muwelaxelizisobiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitchdecor-construction.com/user_img/files/wafupokemud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d448a7450e4---69925800139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/vuwufosifanibupejoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd2119b602e8addcbd2510a0d37a33e5/49131039700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinspirations.com/clients/75274/File/58516690231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d587f4471d---bonesitigomudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/fuletibewopovezawefuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610da3d1520a5---gupoloxawave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f0aa90760b76353d2b51bd3f4c740a8/bewimivebigoguzoxija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed8dae50d3---kitopivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba531b45997---dinilus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=blue+tailed+fire+belly+newtPDF 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_off0000daa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA1 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 1e2aabfd3c628df92148fcce0d8b5843ca68acc16e7894c4a09b34347460bfcc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE6 17704 bytes
SHA-256: d23cd3635f677f67868f0c87dd4631bc1c3314b5441ded2c927741dac49ca77f