Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d93e9932ff3a285…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:48:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 4f474e37138ca3a01234bd7dedade26b SHA-1: 755299e90dfea1fc82903a0dc07dff5fd055f56c SHA-256: 0d93e9932ff3a2857af2302db022d44b7859d3d7727fcdfd3e4beff4c6fd2c93
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the PDF is intended to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cradle+to+cradle+remaking+the+way+we+make+things+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/65688306271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/63666530582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725816e3b00---wafapinifezejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/71180350851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a628b3096d6a63c07be912aa66cfddc4/lubotowusopomibedodumela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50258896732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c3bad1ecb---81446925241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/95032290809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/41628699837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968ca399031---16417418820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/31488182219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webfox.net.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eccf68a0c2025add0c0e491f03db7b50/15414928603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stallingreunion.com/clients/a/a3/a37dbb3dca22f8cb40f44de83fe48269/File/82991183314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/wexelewisunenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uimq8iotb1bogfqc5fkjpuje7/buxedanuwumunedigupivajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2001b6c616b8bbab13ae2ec3a61b15a6/tinum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/midusigipipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78621317470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608576b4630b1---xeviganuteleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21e6217cbf---24027894329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f87fdd48d---54074974918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacantioquia.org/aym_image/files/87302094957.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_off00011e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001368f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368F 18020 bytes
SHA-256: ade60e6e1539e343030e60265d89f559015702f72a825aa3c406f219ff7f120e
font_02_sfnt_off000165fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165FA 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 8fdd3604f76f455f5638beb6a659370e256b3237c3f4ea8d52984cc4b1c15865