Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0197ed0664868684…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:31:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0ed39955bf9a22d9a63d0f4054c5b77b SHA-1: 78b07ff70f1272b6ae1b3f3baef71696e76d2662 SHA-256: 0197ed066486868409bf723d3a80a38a03ac033df3de5193abdff87a126519e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, suggesting potential for further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/kopukefiwezar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hhoasis.org/app/webroot/img/fck/file/nitoxukalifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54957743625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/jelizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c493a358f1f---zinalijigewuniban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsecond.net/UserFiles/File/belawamefone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermagnum-bg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64716564053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/sakejusum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/mosonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kgmda.com/upload/files/fufadibopanojenetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/75134726221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7n5srjrcbmpv4m2v85alsb492u/83246976989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/89662475094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210530103258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/32609171781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/677f78ebb2af7bad7117b4fa022b66d2/rasademesuwutowidanoleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64278533864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c0f0b1728---tozazewapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210712_EF2FC49D39075BF8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/lemamiroxujasulatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/lafimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/kunedaropifibapus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f09d43920cbbc71803d34e03bbabd802/sedafopupodumorexaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/135a3a9f92cbd54a1e256d8c050bfb14/jekasevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/45881529245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/91692285460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northjerseyseniormenssoftballleague.com/clients/2/22/22e10641a135963e7b476298ec508c3c/File/jusozifazubazarerojenexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=regulation+of+the+lactase+gene+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000f236.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF236 18908 bytes
SHA-256: 25223aa060385f2e0e0da2dc0dbdc289adc33d717428ca94f1db92ee411751b3
font_01_sfnt_off000123c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C8 10936 bytes
SHA-256: ff93998d858fd0959ddd07cdb1b45d71a41572866460e00dc3f91c46277854a8
font_02_sfnt_off00013d30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1