Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b79a63e87747889…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:34:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d65b6de86c4b9759ae0e3f5c1b1c68d1 SHA-1: b709668ee5992e2420d0d4b659860db136cadac0 SHA-256: 0b79a63e87747889f61696d7608e5c102f2fe6ab7725787eb7ea726d4a5d3f97
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to download or redirect to a secondary malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e71a333ef8---makixonapopufukome.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/49886121891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d1b238303b---44536735737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijahlaurabishopblack.com/clients/b/be/bed082b287f5bb70db4763ab929fc18a/File/29529613055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/241094e4661d433e937ec98560df2039/zekagaropole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050119223773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87066640534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inoxbienhoa.com/upload/files/legole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848cb109da8---kokotenekazogudakon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/gexalosokogefugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161235acaf1221---55425092740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/penokatalirezefegav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24e7ab51d6b4073c3553d3126ec1dfe8/4946729467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba0d99d1c715f0ce93f09912558ed17/39027691409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/vadoxiwerik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ//file/pobojuxokakiwerogugibibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/35206624473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growyourmoney.in/userfiles/files/55025792667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7c76e40ad---tasubilexixasijizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlikefulproductions.com/clients/875850/File/75670711271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/fitifapabasitigir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/68483650447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a32811cb4---32692786406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27858303292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/dukalenitowugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=family+coloring+worksheets+for+kindergartenPDF 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_off0000bbe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3FA 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 5f9328054446c24b378a9370d3df1972b6ead6f8792f3b0b232ee071db976007
font_02_sfnt_off0000eddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDB 15380 bytes
SHA-256: 273857166c2aa4dcd301ed562582c5662578c10eed3772befd8f29053ee4412d