Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0dfa5dee6e278a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-08-05 14:19:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 402a6707f49fd8b2f5d1bb3811fabb57 SHA-1: c658301b89791f1ee76c64f35ab43d05c44a4925 SHA-256: d0dfa5dee6e278a706451e3131b1e6246be5ac5e0ddcf4108362b3edc77be6fc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing secondary payloads. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3955eca7f6---jowonozavo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78189301767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/temezinetatirotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68209468416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/zavojadojomuzewatelojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3de0c0964728f35e5b25a0fd8f098ff/12594215317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tespli2eq9am23n345bkog17s1/jukozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jidp354g9291r0101ckmehks2i/16148781148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/wujunapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/defefawuwesoxutijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2aa79458c8---15269404864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/56139582832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe35a5d75a---51208042089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/libezedesikifukuvuxafuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3847edd7e---dulosaxuratopufojenibamik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/8310061059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/fijavogigomejilewaxesofir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b65aac23d5---busamunekiwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086588a23fc9---fefovesadaroxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa71af08701---55244625500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb771d20c73fcc5a23cffa60bd0845c0/matoduwelanivetuzadigavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f78a00c42b---24412844605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=waddingtons+junior+monopoly+rules+ukPDF 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_off00010d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1B 17824 bytes
SHA-256: d175df82d4dc6822deb35eb24def850261cc0ed0ef6358afb7adda438a72f9d5
font_01_sfnt_off00013c1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15434 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef152284c7e8a9089f5d5b0499b7365d6141310f0fae1a38a4971ac4f5f3b3b