Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b9d686db81c6d9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:59:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ebc5425e810cda56297632422c22b1bd SHA-1: e3652a13a3ff699915e176efe2ba25b240d8a78f SHA-256: 0b9d686db81c6d9aa91d32fd1c618f9c1ead812f1e294dafea360b46ea286c14
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and exhibits characteristics of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to host malicious content. The critical heuristic 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' indicates the document instructs users to copy and paste content into a command-line context, a common tactic for executing further stages of an attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda70b58376---tupotisovinixakaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/vumulubatijomamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/16848137992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozewavawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/887c4647debcb72d41284145561a6a61/rapuzivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7700a3dca3---kabevemexapazivapakegeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/gapedukajimufukagadimapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/xuwupilapexalarazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/58663009773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611919fa3bc76---sinowuvitimutifesixutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f62ec69631be8ac14b59f4660ab18d9/kerirasajebujumabiloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/duxeronatogopalirozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daithanhnam.com/upload/files/19515113947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/91058208696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cottagegrad.ru/files/file/12481435867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20021983101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-19/20210819212607419720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/51796297509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210612215615_vfuegz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb6479c813---fafeganovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b191961e68a9afd6865873fa49fa9569/97018458438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/fubejutomuvirugepumilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huarui-bio.com/upload/files/5794814149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5060a7e8d---68785717063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=convert+kindle+azw+to+pdfPDF 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_off0000c703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC703 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 0838b7c4a5d5d31f4f22a059a383f842110dfc0eabd15de352937875fc790b67
font_01_sfnt_off0000f32a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32A 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 6a354416bbd591fc2394a6c5201609b95b5edc6966c711d9cb6ed9eefd6ca9d9
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1