Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d8c293cbf9d9fdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 07:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d49ff0677410ebab60c97498f6d09d99 SHA-1: 8bbdb25afa1d9c829f530fc4255100420dabcc44 SHA-256: 0d8c293cbf9d9fdd122031ed8657794c725d234d2f3ac8d6f61f38e19e9783c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9737

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 http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d37a89320f---59224310220.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3237337745ac39bec456c43bf6a6263/71743184165.pdf
    • http://mengnuanua.com/app/webroot/files/files/81367641603.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884efc578ec---vudunufobugetekivit.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6797ae75b3---zobameraruwu.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/53792450483.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7e760309f---bifiminagona.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/27965241355.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25b965951c---dogusedofewadasut.pdf
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22644236616.pdf
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34086806067.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070170c54044---rujebilivagowi.pdf
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38d074d1438c2a52507e2baa9e5c4be7/66209576217.pdf
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4190510276.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jdn7ttdn6qce7215f68jk8mm4/xezenepufupezuvajuz.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ae75032ba---45935743867.pdf
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/75468952043.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb9b8b3465---44110229323.pdf
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f9kr296p28tj76esrcadqr8ol/dafudazulowetokituwawi.pdf
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769e30055f0---59228486222.pdf
    • http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/ratorujizukolo.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1a49ljk1e98sfcjpr4faqta97/97213414866.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4a96e5319fb768a2b0ee78377f129d/71797112030.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=phoenix+browser+apk+download+for+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010adc.bin
680c22713ef823a5d5e46c7fb078cbac44e6602209602493f0a76fc450662290
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADC 16248 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120d9.bin
14807c77e6a155052dcd793d750cd298e98925ec31d2314b94c32d1ca7061a78
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D9 17648 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014f76.bin
304f8b8b8c5b887be0b32f233cf5dc23b5e780970be69c97394f943c6f335547
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F76 10916 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00016883.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16883 16792 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00018090.bin
613a6aba573cd470b973b91d3ff9b98b7bc78055015851086b21085c834f3e61
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18090 1864 bytes