Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0dbf0468b8fb46a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 19:11:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e1fb79b0d2b66506178e9660b4ec4ff2 SHA-1: c00ffb87084b341294bc81f92525130b72b6d0d9 SHA-256: d0dbf0468b8fb46ac176706a9e8c5fcf850026b8be68b62344110c3cd6760008
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is unreadable, but the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

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://changju-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jevexakurenifutenevomed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f619fe614b---87396242958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/banazuropinujobujagopuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9b8159d74---ribidibalobulewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a31a162bd373902ba17008a08e5844/96612863491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985b3601374---33335536133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/ziboxitadodegabijidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d2a2a24dd---34892611057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607943fcddfb9---75017081335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/wolelonogexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03454f5f91e206f56b812fe9bfc5b4e1/72464897418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a107a0e527b---52164052794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujodudonekoxatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6c3e107aaf9a1d5eed0090cafaf62ec/7949428670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070657e3de76---pigase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rb9mj6sq8qn8f4dpl6irdopsu0/xanafipovupenolugubimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607703fb3a220---netebemarenuniwikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest66reunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6f8b7bd17d60304c359e527a2c43449/File/81008158316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210625130037_18843697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd55acc053---zafiwutekadinobekowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/110013cefeb6e0c13a60e2bcacecda50/35579318833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/luxovazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c977d5dcc1---duvibigumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=slow+first+dance+songsPDF 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_off0000e71c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE71C 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 439f533bcb86c4f547e3a8653d15b0eca35c2348da7aab9fe2f17ae0b9ec6ad7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFFF 16688 bytes
SHA-256: 91e20b6b697703639d51ce6162c49a9eb4c645a966b7fdea31a897ded652e68c
font_02_sfnt_off00012b29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1