Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ddb81b683b024f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 11:50:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: adb36bf127b544179318140722033ae8 SHA-1: 57355037b8c94cbf46259d451cb1652948be6ff5 SHA-256: 0ddb81b683b024f653152a1cac1e5f7b4ecb934e2ba77bfd45dbfed6b231c05a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the presence of external URIs suggest potential for further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/dulik.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b5f3678b07b1c348fd3bc09703c1100/63185954703.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d00908a4b---46950707482.pdf
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/18799806675.pdf
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/50414194733.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/86446018748.pdf
    • https://badanie-wody.pl/galeria/file/pimuderig.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm852octm4are976mk17ddj3r8/93558036197.pdf
    • http://agecarekorea.com/ckupload/files/45184700826.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f480971826---xofijetudiwoxewomiv.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d525bbdb0---rebetizut.pdf
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolabutemarugatulalosurep.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e6e2c7391---87094303989.pdf
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/69384077564.pdf
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/3773832040.pdf
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/82585914195.pdf
    • http://intertravel.hu/_user/file/melapejasuxibetof.pdf
    • http://restavratorstvo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopitarojos.pdf
    • https://jeevadhara.org/work/london/userfiles/file/mifejizotaragirabadimoguk.pdf
    • http://inspiredindianfoundation.org/uploads/42063406042.pdf
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liporefuvivazupupepesit.pdf
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98506651519.pdf
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/gefotazafulexajawororu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=list+the+colors+of+the+visible+light+spectrum+in+order+of+lowest+to+highest+frequency
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2f2.bin
131331eb0f12768cb8c7616a396a1b688a86b99408dfff89e397e579ce82a690
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F2 11516 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd58.bin
deaeff21a308cfc8082e04e711ee0daf71cc97e5c865e565e9c51f2e8572bcfc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD58 17280 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a7f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A7F 16792 bytes