Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b026b5d08e2b65a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:07:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c52d81e435ef79f14165d42de4ef87c8 SHA-1: b93b4372d5d6edd4ccf64c42266fe5f77604f59b SHA-256: 0b026b5d08e2b65a0f5203a35bd4bd83dd08f5791b146ce102acff0ecde9f559
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are compromised WordPress sites, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/dejagapubiluve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/nuxidiwetavemelumogavipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45727310341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec993453624---12386183512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22528739047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/refajusabamomezozuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/tefafenisexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/41852646196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bdc21f0b59---3269875489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4e9002178---tawanujagakimufujugoxudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/sexaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c2d544e8e---34464331621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/wovoferiduwogawibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cofi46pjglqc5fc5l66pj55bk1/wesibupufololawonosotoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunixifaxekuketivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3236c655236d988cbd68148528be6fed/12048527684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/82049028128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87451125057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f18794582e---salufulopoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/fevanutununotasepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/44520481031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universe-micro.com/upload/files/20210621_133828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/malebojivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=virtual+routing+and+forwarding+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_off0000ea61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10273 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 7379a5fb8ec4b24018e240e111394754a098052a96709442008efdc372700a44
font_02_sfnt_off000133f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133F7 10528 bytes
SHA-256: b310b83909f0bcd2eb186096e9940f090dbbccf23e23897433224d1b14539701