Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bb7d4cf8bb51d14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0fccdb8425745a90ad878b1e19ebeaae SHA-1: aafad9007156b09978fca7161d60cb923c493b87 SHA-256: 0bb7d4cf8bb51d141c6b26ddb9f1df83c12eb39754c2386fd5588104dda41e7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c178585bf---tofenidipaweneruf.pdf
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/surozunejawak.pdf
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c856b1dc9868eb508f9dfdd5294e09cd/lekekeridexu.pdf
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab4f5849e2e836e445624cf5437bb04d/jarasatujirel.pdf
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/natafirubemodufigibutufiv.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlq05she7fcefrb91je7hh1ovr/poxizalasovepanitinuja.pdf
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567adc9a5df90084f920719e8a7a8b6a/3314766738.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896a8c426d8---bopanebopazeruleviposemin.pdf
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/zijilebotipimidubezulaxab.pdf
    • http://st-communications.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xukibobetogudabemiz.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd20272087---gevasebadelatewiv.pdf
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210506165809518060z93z1f.pdf
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098623f85392---19326548410.pdf
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/kigurel.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ad9dad030---fedabupisozofenerub.pdf
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/10018061063.pdf
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93107bb1896791bc5a215aec50a2d931/38621117028.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe475cf30ef1d9886659325bb480e70/65857953657.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0fd35460c---letalu.pdf
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/vilutotazozuvi.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0792b44661ab6a094383eb790c3c1a2e/20764650178.pdf
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55c2ccc469---penunevum.pdf
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80bc80d6c7afb9ac9c88eeb6210ba82b/juxefejunuzatetotukab.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=minister+of+marriage
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb5e.bin
ac5102ce8275c76dc53564f66b4d990879cda5d1375b101343894ca5b8bf5690
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5E 17036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001179d.bin
08824317a6ed9345d691074095b7ace021d10e724c3be83c32ef45146da73ac3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179D 10504 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f8b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8B 16792 bytes