Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0a4a997ce336d52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:59:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 855df9971aef4afa7e96d4b7a6d31256 SHA-1: 618f51459a4ac02e1f4f57bda3ad1fce3c61682d SHA-256: d0a4a997ce336d5299223066c602fa5fcfc03c8d12fef5d6c454265ca1cfdb9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm or redirection mechanism to distribute further payloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d19e74111f3---gifuzak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a99de4fc20---xonitisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/19951617172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/gosajudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keitbg.com/images/files/bulasubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audidalys.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokulagebofaxexuxuzifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/gapuvisezafujudibozosomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/012a41ba90ac716e4baf21dd080c42c5/42753200453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-aqua.fr/ressource/site-image/files/goworila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/gotesiguvalerikafesutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/08/file/wavakuxagazowikoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/zaxekixor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e8d3740a9---rijedasonaritokurexexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2norlrp561cau85dh5pah95id/20786136999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/dukikusoruzelamegezegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3f2662281---35212810114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eacb6b64ba736ff033cf37cc07e4bff/levixilisefenezuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca3acb329a---vorulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/63831698754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/53424995506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samyenngochoang.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87k733lhgcvgdgfevr89e7i0fl/beminupifoxusudiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7faf262af---kexogoxapibalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suleymanporoy.com/img/userfiles/files/75067869585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=simple+past+tense+worksheets+for+grade+1PDF 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_off0000d383.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD383 11248 bytes
SHA-256: bbde8b06d1054338c79efc269f402ef92c71c4fb842c8ee6ac28f0d0c4c85018
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED89 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 30131683227ebae0462bb1fb2c5e93c7ff6a84b747f98574b645ab84810bbad0
font_02_sfnt_off00011c29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1