Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d828deaa9681ddf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:27:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c25677600c41dab4fe2e6737330854b4 SHA-1: 596b7c9b3c1c58dbb554bf01186b190a2a0c579e SHA-256: 0d828deaa9681ddf76c91c7bdfec826dbb27dd32de377ebd3432fb2be67d90b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple compromised websites, as indicated by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to an attempt to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b895b88a8f6bffe80c7ff6d5e955631c/79765374197.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dk756vvaeplqa5c6c3qvvb5gb/tokexipapupedanoxuxejoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd8acea20f7---widireboxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45881817849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5568084114cff94862fde384a4ca6583/50709316311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3r8vcrb30msbpc9nbgtdjg2c2/88865093652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210714152630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/kumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef7a3055f3---gerotobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://royal-art.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/87779194134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gitiluxagujiwibopujobiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5414ebd2c1619a548de04c12279f0864/63276445537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90315161524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ba1d12cb3---71383639461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijulemolubabujuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/nesowumudazifabidenenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/vivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/jewokelabivofaragazever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedotubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b4cc408d2---60505717423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071986697037---wowodowizilafikekenolujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/kazidafufalutuguxidotibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b82ac927d6c419f7ca550b73c7495a6/bevunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aczelzalog.hu/tmp/rulirifikugenobevufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=equation+for+binomial+probabilityPDF 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_off0000c5dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5DC 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 8f654a7d72e604f99f6a9f9f5e3290ef8a461b6edb8e5b29f0c11935c79047fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f31c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31C 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 42ed28362a80fb18aae918fc0261a4d4469bdfc353d93dbb9ba5c9a9c5f5b2b8
font_02_sfnt_off00010b5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1