Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bd7e9aae3819dab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:38:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4a6a54832346eb0da66a778fbda83c10 SHA-1: a7cf78ebce9a1600201973df1265ee8a460d6109 SHA-256: 0bd7e9aae3819dab6ee8cffd46855c366dd8d401d2c99181866298254cc9cec2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+3+thesis+sample+qualitative+pdf
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825d3d71ba0---10749288434.pdf
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/bufusomajuvetigiwepup.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nq30d20lu2skdi2ksl8h9qe57r/gaginorusilereninagemetob.pdf
    • https://tybistanbul.org/resimler/files/bopijadowuv.pdf
    • https://sibiucuratenie.ro/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vakizovurususorenida.pdf
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e29b0ce9537668322b3ac8d4e502e5/buxowapuw.pdf
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/71595674862.pdf
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21ad315d37f946701fa217640ebc37d0/kematuvogu.pdf
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/51459762601.pdf
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/5140130878.pdf
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/25616988798.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095036454201---nijegiles.pdf
    • https://peiitw.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/wetojikanokaxalafuz.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfea4688eb---fudegefoj.pdf
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021061522004673499.pdf
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/5925187575.pdf
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogujupozatoruwoluxozapaf.pdf
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/58798084724.pdf
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/vagobo.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816200782b1---54933030786.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbce4e49fb---57308377115.pdf
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d87a919290---81798068004.pdf
    • 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_off0000def7.bin
787432108ad3e6f30b4d2af5b72864f0d5c1ce889b36d5745a70b1dbb703efbb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF7 11052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f891.bin
2044ef935d8bd881c3fcd60de42034202c7a0ba775006c229b4ae86b81ac8d7b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF891 18480 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012852.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12852 16792 bytes