Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d837d29abef3cd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:44:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4b932d9c4a61cefcbb97872b315d27ab SHA-1: 522e06500df9a2abe1d4e13899bde8b913070c08 SHA-256: 0d837d29abef3cd86b6852fb739e0bc7ac38e07762a1e7c1356d996cbf654da4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings indicate that the primary goal is to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=combustion+phenomenon+in+ci+engine+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/tilusizetawozes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9faaeb25df---77352066958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/54671982249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121741d919f2---lujulowisejozaxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/19412132161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/38654029837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/58160513741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrecchina.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemosamisomuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf31oktafournp880qvr3hs790/rinuxalasubukikavimap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/41004003829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///magavekefivafutameka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb7bc63257---duxatetesetejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54134278b8ce3f02c206898a397d59b6/rukugemog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kueapem.com/contents//files/64717761646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/gesipopibirezozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/24061245406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/72540636689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroear.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76366326264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f04e17255bd8c2fd0191847510b5197/gubonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fvecn5td167ouc392hknspve0/bexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/wimapegajelimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5618800611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082007f41025---xosonuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c12ef9c7df4e39a9afbae3ceb831d89/rotunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/07/file/16256474922106989436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.vn/Images_upload/files/87313637376.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_off00011258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11258 11032 bytes
SHA-256: c83b3b4c0fa7264a1a2185b78920b76758b326fc1c1d37193ed0225e2986bdeb
font_01_sfnt_off00012b62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B62 19492 bytes
SHA-256: 5773a1300a0890f088ee4368513eae9095b368195c8835568ab8959bcc5103fa
font_02_sfnt_off00015da6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1