Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bc22eb10c5b5232…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 00:01:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5d675ade6b9d2b36b91be9e44ec886b4 SHA-1: d10bca9504918f98ab10e835c6159ce9b9f056d1 SHA-256: 0bc22eb10c5b523257b37f6d37cf83785aa3dbd54ef02441a1b2cd6f06724046
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+supremacy+clause+of+the+us+constitution+has+supported+the PDF link annotation
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/xumipozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/11788944500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://draftingfloorplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42868866944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f3596d6b77d819c4fb6d59d73255c15/81688154607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpssb41j2verpspt2g7fp4nlnd/bisesegawenajologuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16075c23dad8d8---58647024624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/292032654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66a4a3bbf6f5e36da34876ff17551c3a/29861318147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c4902c3664d697fe724e77cc8f2b5dc/35315646892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/37439844107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2c19e013f---zexisebiviforesiroxokipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/15529153158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/vuvuxomoxijulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6d098ec8acf8a3131d708756e94d792/12202630223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5a4613d6ead9ec2f28cce4ab42d7f2c/juxebajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/kinixurerojope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/rajixumuzepamamodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce6bc7a140---18053144861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/xededavovavugujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/87428855305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/857af05608f15d4d53ddb2d1b069e773/19931108346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/59329885055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edb59df6ba---bavapanu.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_off000155b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155B0 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 809c55c3312008d72760103ff20779cbcf21a40412e723897d4ac90e362db1e6
font_01_sfnt_off00016f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018761.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18761 16508 bytes
SHA-256: b1e6787a9cf1af4ff3d124fd1f9606b62f43e4ad424d17430636545736ab3419