Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0d82a89f398e26a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 18:24:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 15295d41edc82061185dbb97f6851417 SHA-1: d104700f05623a51e009a59106ba8158e3c52436 SHA-256: d0d82a89f398e26a6aa8e394d722f067ba7fd0b2d1def5ecc577a44d83d57757
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs and is flagged as a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+video+editing+software+for+pc+windows+7+32+bit+free PDF link annotation
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/75338491657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tugrabilgisayar.net/resimler/files/nozivumafokoxugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/favenijexowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pratikchoudhury.com/fckimages/file/16004964630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozikirepirijomejoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexusmediation.nl/files/81924478135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8lvlghmt8gu935p3ipdcg5vf6/ravil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/67360313425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aminotp.com/upload/files/82150139365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/5949347161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/sumopoxisesifigadewajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogozekikegegurawasulebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/82388230176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fc3c361dc1---51495836916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ixiu-23.com/uploads/files/202109152251426218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/48229221460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/61733669538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelpancharatna.com/assets/userfiles/files/tamumusolanusefozixefafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/5901113033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakowska98.com/zdjecia/fck/file/62472569889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a28be4b600---pelezowufajiteboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145b172a8821---84665710111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/4117738657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetesopo.eu/userfiles/files/zozakivoxuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shyjjc.com/v15/Upload/file/202192135547248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b70cc6dd55---gewejifoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/22815356530.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_off0000efd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD6 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 829c6fb91a8a27f4ecc8c7101c8c72a848ff7f089fa79fe8dda460b80e8f095a
font_01_sfnt_off00011cf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF8 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 64601b6974f72547be045fff412e5026ba4a6c42379a4ca981d47cd41435faa0
font_02_sfnt_off000137f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1