Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b2df50a126835fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 00:55:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c0658c612211dc5a92f698108abe7fda SHA-1: 4213a8be37c47048e9afc1ff2d713107ad25fef3 SHA-256: 0b2df50a126835fcb23101eb9b126dcfc607d706c270d758eae048205d412067
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely for SEO poisoning or to host phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ios+vs+android+ui PDF link annotation
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1630572693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109100033194184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/82661744344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98755622226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wordtmann.beckbauer.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosofizikuvebuwajidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acevina.com/webroot/img/files/lupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/rofojilogapatizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubolitogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/vofuwefarezonure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukwoodrecycling.com/userfiles/files/52594607297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partiaweb.ir/upload/files/zukovupilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/totipituzivexomilomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/23291077335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c2fe6a7a84---moxosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilspecchem.com/files/gasuralemesixufofanoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7sp2ia67nigcrmshqpvthk8kum/xebetonulajivurulozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-uklid.com/files/file/zujusume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/xevuvofomupenopajamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393d3ec8d76---rijoluxoligakuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilink.pl/userfiles/file/32221932154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/4956945168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7ei213ulu0fh7o2hhusee0aj6/19651304966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379158d1ef0---ridopuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/mofodeguzetapigezazajaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/4841291170.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_off0000dd71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD71 10084 bytes
SHA-256: 3b204f5ac1061d111c9c9b3d5cddd64bb40497a4e663191adbcd4b2ee38511fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C11 18132 bytes
SHA-256: a6ebd4372a653c206f18ed29dec7b5cac036ab854357365ff20edc5a9695d49f