Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d9b194b283e4bbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:55:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fbdcaaf027980e1f3e58fa18a783bbd5 SHA-1: e3a8eed98cb7b77137d82d159e752c19ff2972f5 SHA-256: 0d9b194b283e4bbc63bd30ec42fc52a72cc844c33ed6c350ddaf632e264126ab
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm structure points towards an attempt to lure users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/31109269194.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/josidobamivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29379027961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79eb066e9c---31301037353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bd286d069dd93bfb1afa5529215f1ca/9482877099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609993142dc8b---doporasomoravedawajavufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e1574644f2---kimojixeraxujesapapudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e98d798a50---gapopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1f0145987---xiwemanejilisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-09-01-21-50-34-gDGInt88.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ebe6b2695---48754321639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64f123d91f---33700172884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9fba3fab4---76509938071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/taniposimosojemevakedumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1975geegees.com/clients/78603/File/77273197278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/87052945458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891673cf49a---15543040044.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/lexugobozexujovapewukox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c29632f706---bezitujiluga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8kt0juhohes8vhrf791vevh57/30304085144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bramfordgc.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/butajewube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=shiva+panchakshari+mantra+malayalam+pdfPDF 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_off0000d671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD671 21828 bytes
SHA-256: d0bdb6d733b4f9ae16050d3566026d1574a224b9706443eea0d39339eb2f2c4f
font_01_sfnt_off00010ffd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FFD 10980 bytes
SHA-256: cd8931d35a9e1a6b063b24031150dc53c8e951fd319f1329f4deff56f6d54e07
font_02_sfnt_off0001294e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1