Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b3cdd951d97f71e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 09:34:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9b682a8d44c5a41d7a4475bfde61633f SHA-1: 805274ef9b113a4a09cf2a8ac3938748765ef03e SHA-256: 0b3cdd951d97f71ed76879e94ab34b22e4e17666e374cc338157c8e593a243c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host malicious PDF files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d41207a462a---butejuweluniwumadelofaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdcc88d7b3---52406398396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba32f45fd6307825d3a2984ae7e0a3f6/gabugozedasovedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/25409990279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb74e47de3---47174597404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/bunoguzodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/kukakijumutenowosofipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortcrimea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25828830429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/sovokeremiwusikepad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/dixoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160955431dbaa0---17518333148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8frs5gfjqt5ruo3k7na51rr8v6eub05l/zatasevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fofunubabaropamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a91e5e29794c1873e132d6a1f85967/30110511931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bab491d72bc65595cf94c91496fbb8f/10591120565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d81df600d99452611d4145b95d3d96b/neborironuremimakupikozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d860be76eca---78626904403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/pinuporebokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/nedazetafopijidamevarisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luzilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210625214620996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/nagupekuzoniwewonamogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49759394842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f64dde2a070ba14b065217710611f79c/60563899277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=class+7+ict+assignment+solutionPDF 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_off000133af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133AF 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 4df238cfcd5fd7ba1e0efebf6bff73f33c1eec2c19b8e514361d89e0827a1133
font_01_sfnt_off00016000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16000 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 27d3c215b3e2afffe5c95e9c39f89826e1f4eb4be04cc8628070a5050e0ddf10
font_02_sfnt_off0001787f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1787F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1