Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0a65b443b599105…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:23:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 43b44b8f36e7e71dd31dd2442fbd25fd SHA-1: 9d8b35a675f753453d597a1856540145fb3ea87b SHA-256: d0a65b443b59910587e0c7e60808927da900fb84b10322101f04c566f0774ee0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic findings suggest a link farm designed for initial user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cgegis+table+2016+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d44cc62c4fff21fa3d6d221c8e1a54/totuferarofumosebudinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d187e48ab21---29181315275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utb7v6892jjhteegfm2m95bjd4/sabuwiremotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/47713227624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/miviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-metal.e-giant.net/archive/file/files/15862986596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/rebefixijomilonerumedani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/fuxerevoxutaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/gubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1af8e62151---gufaxibimuvazaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/63205909167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/78511194111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda3da1a3bc35922d9095b374aabd2a3/niruzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/kogawejufisugunezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg50yrs.com/clients/6/6d/6dc66c997efb3e4e8ce6e6e7d0694e91/File/fuwolujewuvaxanigakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5201dba5f2eab8a53296a98c7ecebb6/82027418077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be4f98b44c---99606853151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/wuxusuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beyondpins.com/calisma2/files/uploads/18670166069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19459052748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ced5cdc651e29901ca1edbccb0b577/87361312681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58418095911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/726c611c0f8b01ce3707c9fc688e97ac/90800164621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tenakuforuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78fe94e603---xusora.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_off0000c425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC425 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC37 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 08f30290c9965b009fc205321f6c9525f289a579557e4f5b9fc1cda223d6b129
font_02_sfnt_off0001074a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074A 10984 bytes
SHA-256: d942e9f0e4a455f7b3116931f4f6c75c93f55073dd87dc6b37bd2b964dc9185b