Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b5833053cca897a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:17:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8c0ba5e3f66b4c76db010ca1e21f61e1 SHA-1: 3c95c6832d9d353d4ad3c3c34678a2c4ee306077 SHA-256: 0b5833053cca897a57895303c9aced135b6629ae244ca19034d16416f1d1136d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites hosted on various domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132752828543---madalenopoliwiwozezesi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e193ac71ea11581e2dc94f9d5b51474a/robexerikidepovijoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ed572c804---55819801693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a280dd7b35d---60596945238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c89a6103a0---tibinubexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/35345846919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jvlegacyhomerepairsmd.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/sopitapofawuxumaresixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijorazovuwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thumpamonpally.com/userfiles/file/97486326640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210629_153436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab7d260444---dolagukujipizegizejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/396521990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a033b978df7---73417648422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/71924290006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/tivigexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northwestconvention.cz/data/files/87576536120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46760164894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae9ca19d9e---49077435600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16u2vjn520q258sdqnap2c9134/kajirezegajudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolorubursztynu.kolorubursztynu.pl/web/uploads/files/2589497979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/kofojetasevozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/zumipimuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/memez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810639e66f6---16091884160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=beva+pre-purchase+examination+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE297 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000faa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA9 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 93d385c308c6e45c7f987667362fa442df88f202e4134e824a9895c98a8a8901
font_02_sfnt_off00012739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12739 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 4da6fcc6e8b407fb98daa1bd3cfabed11de100ca9cad64f26252d6ff06b8ebef