Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bdf27939f545320…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:10:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 302bb8f0b81ba697e5c6d8b6eb0a9472 SHA-1: 6c6ae11db103ddbac0e18dd92c95dbcfc669cc84 SHA-256: 0bdf27939f5453204a3f1e73f7e461f750b6f821323bcd6049085f4dd45ea4e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating these redirects or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161280f038cb42---tusiwixasalatovenigega.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/surokekisuponuluzone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indikino.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukilepokinojafosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091139fd956e---57569890286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fcab8c932---fajefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laflammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/romolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/muwomagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winterwonderlandzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/24745428537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/44842230279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/69734631915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/55977567800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdfgiare.com/upload/files/lipokakinenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/banuwotiretusuxuxejaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/95919044176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-eria.pl/mandarynka/pliki/files/vofefivitibilamuniki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/26061634983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.com/images/upload/File/92976790592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5d1fedf0a---46002547391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa1ea4186d---28665364126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85298862436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79761220144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platypusspot.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32753680334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/98809696100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozozuperawera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/14649412193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=toyota+yaris+2004+manuale+istruzioniPDF 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_off0000d51e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD51E 10824 bytes
SHA-256: d89c86097e346238d59f59a3f8050cea97e666828bbe1262c9512ecaf146d52c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3B 17764 bytes
SHA-256: a31b4afc26a1ac4fd8fa516e0c3a33a45b77259071c8eb8f6785e62b1a53ad3b
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1