Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d88b931d442503d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:11:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2eeeeeb6cd1383b1ce4db5869cd9912d SHA-1: eaa10af95e6ff7fcf432b9f722c16ce5f0badaa1 SHA-256: 0d88b931d442503d05ffe9ebe5bcebd5fbad4ba7ac81a90afcdcb83e61eb005a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs an image-based lure, a common phishing tactic, to entice users into clicking embedded links. These links predominantly point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aec6ef86e419fc60a6bc019bb1c3c01/nimibunakaraboxudunena.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fetimiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a917e3e3ad---dawawafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/28058509441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b281d0b9a05---botojetotexipanidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pubs-icfas.org/icfas_new/dev/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44982763340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7510a382d---83225979882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/vibubapofuvorideda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/435bbc0f545d56340df147476db14b8c/dajogokuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/63639278114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/39306328106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210811_7b4d6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/48951840726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a025239067---24540444412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a211ff6b92a---25180049609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hacoauto.vn/upload/files/96068007777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d0bf4a18749b0873036b6d1b34dbaab/kusixabijewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117af1b5a79b---12206341047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxorunurusexiweraduxeviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/584d8ba58970a99c95fc88a77ccb07c0/vilelowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57ea942c98---wemomudizemavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/16221839000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=competition+success+review+magazine+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB035 14104 bytes
SHA-256: 44554ae6edad83b4a5ca8e9eb2b7b1f8de2f921a4cd443a0f2a62648943e4ca6
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eaf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF6 11308 bytes
SHA-256: dd7141d8c68ad83283a7d8fdafadc6e17ae8e539bb6d1b9a5fe1655bc90d3454