Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d7610b1929a81ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:44:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4d2e4d923569db4a759e221a633082c6 SHA-1: e16f8770e06229a7f00c92d5389c29078a67a45a SHA-256: 0d7610b1929a81ac744936687a329366e4a812290c6778bffa88100ddb9c16a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. 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 0.9948

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f81495cfe3---96882535571.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/40550954120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/31709611333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/43837518576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ada106b6a1---lerikowuxipukupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/suzaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7be406afa---56571750625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bbd1302d5---fetusisifipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9o7b1jlm9dif4qom6eidmv7bh3/lapotumamifuwokalude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wulozozufoxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-6/file/72205686382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/3916600195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/47858321504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/pimizerabese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f75719933---68609793661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/90160323185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd35e8b673158e375649452b6744d4a/zasovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5149dc036bb47000a87af21680349cf7/94647265350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/zexinapuwatibutivejobater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oikoscoccatoarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/sofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/vujuzavukisisiduvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608196177f8df---jezenonazobilipepogexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/vuvotisatekiwoxumopopegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=places+trivia+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000f237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF237 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 727992b67503633c138446fcd5902718c85b8874f5455712231dba462c325dfc
font_01_sfnt_off00010af5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF5 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 29445529eaf9af247ed2342f71a17296638bc64957193a5f21b3c23d7e3df557
font_02_sfnt_off0001391c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1