Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00a290b5e2730c65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-11 15:57:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 6fea0db043c97f3068d9ba451b0535da SHA-1: a23ce7819c8639d697cb5876b6a1aef732bb7086 SHA-256: 00a290b5e2730c65c77c5f0b3383677616808ed9b5f4362aee874ebd12c39dae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs that appear to host or link to potentially unwanted software, specifically mentioning 'Roblox mod apk unlimited robux'. The presence of numerous links on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the true origin and purpose of the malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=roblox+mod+apk+unlimited+robux+latest+version+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f6260c55e6d0f993957ecd8921622fc/legotiwekijat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2729e08e1---96595343307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/sebodonaroredidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/22523959410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3619b46cf5c904bce307318623cd230f/tidugikivirodasedovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd8a2fde0dd0dcc8f80318c5834cebe/xinixiwaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8a900f76a---17144110671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu6m4dtbaj6vogi235bd8h61lk/52341048188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd4h06io377egjfk6u1c6lq014/semimodosozewuresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831654e57f8---69641056356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rd1u91nshhe1q192ckd8ga2hd7/gafixosovemovitijine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/42592007194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af69ab1dd93---gigowolinamiwaroxovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/904c291be33ace77946aafda6a406a9c/xuredem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/tosugawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/tusefinupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f41f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41F 5716 bytes
SHA-256: 45901c6ef49ba96711a3e71a3e03c1fad7747e8b9eb59411136b184487d7c41e
font_01_sfnt_off00010775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10775 2092 bytes
SHA-256: 6e5de5c6bcb7fdd8c5ca0d25823a8f80e6c764803c1b732dbc9c425a5c0f8ea5
font_02_sfnt_off0001111b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111B 10904 bytes
SHA-256: eba81f4e2d0dacde1ae63446f8c1903070725287859b98db535a04bca7f0a1e5
font_03_sfnt_off0001364f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1364F 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9af6fc3bf9d751f70540aea0fa47faa159a3604992cda23d2adcda3ffc5346b2