Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b17147f40cd6306…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-28 16:01:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: cc0eaeee6630122cf91616d7d5e7c438 SHA-1: 8cf50c955dad454cbcaa00928727b6f600ae5f78 SHA-256: 0b17147f40cd6306ecead104f63b95a73b45bfc11a0d641f92a0c662fbd6d235
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to external sites via JavaScript actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+composite+number+example PDF link annotation
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1694475752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a52b5281fa5e1a8858dc4d0b8ad9f56d/wasunipunabesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/wofeloronaruvizopozojope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/bigizinixudewijanakini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cd4b9a54d---56633393429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remini.hu/userfiles/file/varununofegidekavusuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocnam.org/images/files/gopulawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/42485746986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftp.bg/userfiles/file/kirefumemubusolod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludukotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/18287987582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://materialdeestudo.top/userfiles/files/79474398417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpharma.net/upload/files/61513560936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/3621381671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/vogotagirinawivozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/dosujefopubijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/jawulawezopijiziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savytrading.com/userfiles/file/mozesijusolulaxogof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/29043232671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93383900464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tnmkor.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210922_5F10854478053FC9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/sogepapimemepalogomabujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/bomuzorovoxirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeci.nl/im/image/87480764748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcimoveis.com/imgs/file/31438740712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energcomb.net/cms_enercomb/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/naliregokigibatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/xereke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0fcf631193e8a718ef7487a1b7debf/2405010431.pdfIn 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://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_off0000c4da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF1 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 785cdd0aa61a5402a432c84658cf9d97104d43abd474023ff894e12644134db3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f60a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60A 18332 bytes
SHA-256: 3bf9099e3b71f62c38a7decff6ef5bd2adca3c636e0d8c3707d1b94cb825cfce