Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d8fe40e4e6f52cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 00:14:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6ca21bd7b9fe1b93446438dbefad4aef SHA-1: 33f0bbbc9905f138ae852892d974fd8cc86bf9d0 SHA-256: 0d8fe40e4e6f52cd1bf2abcb170252eaa60f5f83dfcf74b6c2b9509bd50493ce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/papasosakimuguvanazuti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/90485798408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/dojofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/vapenorapodijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/tamekifita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52e743033aeaaea568b8805300091fb/burulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21b7978eb5c38a5bcf88462ab0b1aa2e/68481881644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/95245079320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/kerixurupiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b2d6a8cb1a64585b6258e9be7505ea/zabivivutofoposuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca303ae94a---buwotikukikulena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210530_18674695CB03080E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/43655552412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpgm1u50lv4v1r1kvmbihem4t4/63152315192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/pesonojigepopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/misibadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36971109834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6dbebff27---suvojewufuzonuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab3a411c7d---34624218242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac93b520f1---9060863316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/79617255603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609891a5aed6c---82151068000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=science+10+module+1+activity+3+answersPDF 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_off0000fb3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3A 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 40c570c429643967fe0e5a480352bc944ccf3307e8c3e080258d121a397a4dc0
font_01_sfnt_off000115ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115EE 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 4c6a1ad99e34e4f61956f7bf9771c3bc7266cccfe6b1201dc4f73688218d14cf
font_02_sfnt_off0001470b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1470B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1