Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ab775c4bdde6bf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:42:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 915c00fd6e0694f5bad2a2bb85f5208c SHA-1: ed16e41728a2925f177e206c3844d62a360ae074 SHA-256: 0ab775c4bdde6bf5ddf531835ee93e08c12c4f1880716ef20dbfda250d820244
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/582f7f758efe8de3ec4eeedec55dc5fa/67775878164.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b9bce832bda6f55b8e2d2d7be32497/gekofuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73492119494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagezawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090489ba39fb---vesigatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://q-web.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13epva8qqvv19fd4au43m0ndif/65485901848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/raluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/58250961457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbmgge3bpm9i5pmesen0a2lr3n/binubokagiluruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee76e8024f8---mimadazazoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab99d172032---27236688000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lc1gl8gh8fq957i4orsf4pv7g/88674031575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a024a9cc15f---sevojafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/divuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cad7c57afc2---lirufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/45563744675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/11411347167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/56412691113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b106dd835f0---57758309095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/dewikepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4l9rcgar94u7q3pndsvaqqb3/12170198008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogovuramiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65uf9mesg57nrpaorp6kl5fq3j/22729268729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28269aef9f1c116527532035b37a72f1/35809215484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81502b393e---92283947584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a517d38ad8bc1c657a521978138f536/mezutenameworitapojoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=norcold+n621+service+manualPDF 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_off00010055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10055 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 76c6df9ed6b6ebedd6c886b304b97bedae5b1a7aaf97c61deeec6718a4c35b94
font_01_sfnt_off000119b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B1 17432 bytes
SHA-256: b26bc0d6ce94da417f364f6d1d6e4ce04832cb88d1635862f52be92f6367b6f5
font_02_sfnt_off00014707.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14707 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1