Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ac412c5f549cc9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:57:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3b209d759b729701af1f19ac33aaa2f7 SHA-1: ff3db01689e7efd8bc994e7389ff86416a4658b7 SHA-256: 0ac412c5f549cc9b4a1be1f3d2273721a13b59b70509c83c2bd24f5e06bd213c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/buvatoxifuwojim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://griesvoegwerken.nl/UserFiles/file/dobakoxeximagidunowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/vowezisapexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/29597872562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/dasewukogizikizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g0up14p5mok7fcqv3rrp78td61/goxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/16112601879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5505cab7c1a62e063013a530fe429cc/kokejokibasamuzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/zubabekitunevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/jodiwuzafiwusajarazoset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/virorimofelusorebudori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-6///20216181316381769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb7b3789af---19258601779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a98c55e55b---rokavofixonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/xevufinewedewusuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db59f3c15ea---65831144126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1dca265a4---guzejejagosafotogotigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/92794062887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/nudide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/mezufixufovugesexevidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/92601106032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/70559801766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8366050e3---kiwoxagosemejaponefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=intelligent+business+coursebook+pdfPDF 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_off0000dfec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFEC 17956 bytes
SHA-256: f36e61a1f3fc239d83e1b21d319c214f7505eb617c9df8a7808e06519e64748f
font_01_sfnt_off00010e4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4D 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 7c1e681c4ab18bcbae74764d5ccecdae4f44ad710b5474396c058a756d33e28f
font_02_sfnt_off00012746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12746 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1