Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b99b25ae7476cb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-10-17 04:27:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 8ca559a203fc641c5b0f0b98c8edb6d3 SHA-1: e945991020ab35aaeeb82d6ec44d2f2aab882d03 SHA-256: 0b99b25ae7476cb60a373166b0b57b1431d35a367862d8e376fd9a33195610d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or to download further payloads. The presence of embedded JS and external URIs suggests an attempt to execute code and redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+shadow+knows+book PDF link annotation
    • https://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/48082294539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614acc6934009---42941397809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac20753da1d72bdf3f30f0743e5c4fea/lagozafurepolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18655941262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615d5073826a5---xapebixaporamafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokasamafefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/63731246521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/801719025e69b7cf824b600f651ab078/zozokalapukovifugaxarepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/66635255054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nepodoshlo.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedoverazuduxujobolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefadapazojoforikoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b0206ba218---43908879033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rtm-plus.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86879646077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/39759430918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef888d82ac31d6c56b741cb4088da86e/newoliluvifeduwunojena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bce71a6dc7---91835830922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/siwubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqo658dqejnrpq1nhqm9bmo5gd/rurezobijigiguvafudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/dugirowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cancelaria.pl/galeria/file/71381968916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/kodigolune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88102363622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613953eb54270---49899844215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354be3d1b92---40531450567.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_off0000f39e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF39E 19368 bytes
SHA-256: bc23a21bfba983a1d9a6a0fee9c907c945722b7d9104d563eab2a81519626c60
font_01_sfnt_off000126e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ef8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EF8 10288 bytes
SHA-256: b2645714188cda47abc5f8f2d39e8a5ff0a9451100bd1de7113d881b82de9b99