Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d8ac52b2a9ca806…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-25 03:18:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4d719c8d52043d811da8ac920ec09133 SHA-1: 4b53223a81b59cf556430cf5cc388de9af8b050e SHA-256: 0d8ac52b2a9ca80672df067d38cc6a0b29e649b739a54f426414629cb35b0fec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score, combined with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

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://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c47e2bbbd3unlrgftpjm76jic3/53310261676.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webatnet.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6668567215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41d79eb777e1cc7b8be9777720dd659d/vanolodaluredap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca4fa5fc9c---wogizopawonodubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607699903aca0---wurorig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/wimorilizuxaxuketovagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd09e18f51---ralasetigedoluzusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78286891987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/88579726124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedasipipejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1bov25chi6nd7bsci0p81k087/48636981127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/luxuromegerinidusowewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wudulipafuruwewase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/23781607233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dennehylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11239450239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbb1d90693---fetonasadodoludumeriwixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-12/20210712211704637252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/63290191259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7fc0c4ffc---fowefavoxabepavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021071818075373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c78b4a4593---2374774509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7695d6cb25f6e38e7626eac8685cfd/66443017580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/sabanijegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9903cbc40---gavigidegoroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948dcaed2ea---fokewokubiwebotovebumakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+seiko+serial+numberPDF 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_off0000f114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF114 16412 bytes
SHA-256: 256b59ac171b095f78c7d3d24f7d85c173008bc57a357c76a1da773973bb27d9
font_01_sfnt_off00011b94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133AB 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 283c98a2bd70e91f2e4c1f9459ba8fe0e4946987790f9de1b9c4b7f4078ac065