Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d9ca230f0749fd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:22:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a67935334d5ede9b09f55c7e6af7affa SHA-1: 18f67ec56d34e71aea421801805a48707e85c91f SHA-256: 0d9ca230f0749fd3ed0f8b23a5eba164a6829f4a296209372489e5a0a77f64de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing analysis of its direct content, but the presence of numerous external links suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=es+file+explorer+latest+version+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/zepawivotuxariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dee9dcd6f172d6cc4891bfd2de70ac9/vemikuvezivaxiwukojefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/vejujoguwasipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/11870020562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.in/userfiles/file/4365641931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://craft-personal.de/userfiles/file/25491765134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/37548714402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ihobn7an0r9onh6n3bg7vd35r/99765206053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/venaparitagilogukisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartament-krokus.pl/userfiles/file/41794792900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/99011208701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/buwabokaluwidufozanozuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/42237314564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/60679892387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melvin.cz/data/63591960933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edf893fbe7408841a8ef8b192fca79a2/77507608511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dbe4600e11---89709977583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-09-13/images/files/genenasabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuerst-architects.com/uploads/file/pokefowetuxekizopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96245576672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markiza-trade.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zulukomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asmitahrgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92537615726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/bilajuvipofexixamixode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandiosieventinuziali.it/filesUploads/file/dipobobiliwo.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_off0000d79e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79E 10592 bytes
SHA-256: ddc6b02f148b002b269d3bf77cc13d2cd780b5fe9b2aafccafd8a69a69f1aac8
font_01_sfnt_off0000eff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF3 17736 bytes
SHA-256: dd318db2007104692dc74b86ee3176e78c22c3cbda31adcdf381160b31d45660
font_02_sfnt_off00011e46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1