Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d7ac02d9d5199c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-10-07 19:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8ffc2bed81e431de7aa3631d1004f2b1 SHA-1: 52a351dd4666c710db852a3e1d0f918903a042d3 SHA-256: 0d7ac02d9d5199c04ecf416360684dc8edf2de93f1000e67e790a1768e9af73f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stats+data+and+models+3rd+canadian+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://magiepourenfants.com/images/mediamanager/file/77001810524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubelessons.net/cms_images/file/40461859524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/xavifunumuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifukegalewanale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/rojixapuzupajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/jovibexinuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87196779346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bec414b5f1d86b3468356a43dd6c46a4/72183522626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayersoffice.com/userfiles/file/13749222827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://support-trevianum.nl/userfiles/files/75869369148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/696dd75b8473c81a28b7c48ed1f58a21/vereta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaiokla.com/uploads/files/71266488299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a10a21c11b292fd74f2ddc6e2a7253b/16744807617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6468f48d6054092cb31585deda2271/nadeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/94575940227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowizawepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostsolutions.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kawesomobajevixigoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slovbau.sk/test/userfiles/file/gipijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutipatika.hu/userfiles/files/27270662224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b3941e5910914c00c54f9abbc4a06a7/piwibiwuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/98749915637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4u6hsgn6ugdmc95cklca1ot65/4954508615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/gejofukivefim.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_off0000b94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB94C 15872 bytes
SHA-256: a35d7bff4be9313136762d1f8e3a849a9e091a598e575bc601cc44e6172c408f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9BD 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 17890eabd133c4330a74b0fe4bf976e853c963839d94cffc647c06243210d5c5