Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0befc2a155d0147f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:21:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1dfa3a1ad064c4b297a6096780880dd5 SHA-1: d189f25c4c8e662730f1583e1133cdce63947dad SHA-256: 0befc2a155d0147f09c9a808c64572bcb7c8ce13fd18ccec31d1bde11b79f5e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics indicate a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ae451f934a90e1a60b049dc3aa58d2b/55084593824.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fourseasons.events/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/233f55e8a58becfe0f2697dd5a8d06dc/zatadekasolixuxelimegix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/17787637137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/652ad0250dc47eee9ab1d9db150c50b8/13638449784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfc06ra80h0rs1tjns8sj1oeh6/36566982358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/86851756546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.cl/files/pevivilovufeleburuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae00cad4e7a---desewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdbca9394e74e1ec221fdc5e8bcbc137/dagiwuvodeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098886751f5e---89972729880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/51234061856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/36116722317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/7889658156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1805e38f5---vubomikamoxadaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9290c610a5---24363903506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/70399689740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607621cdbf4e6---nafipogaxodatizedipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac729a525e2---midajusemodotegojimurirad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc097576c7e838a23ad743daefa9a074/jizafazelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh49pi1q7rg7o36sf0tj24u0p1/vixigedutisoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/patadumofarapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/97377609669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/nozivuneri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b27e3f419---3303902084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/fetinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+infection+in+microbiologyPDF 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_off0000f4da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF1 10604 bytes
SHA-256: e93a59187724d4029d55b1adfdc6fc208ce778335605b04b1a5e696129352691
font_02_sfnt_off00012523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12523 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 562f25fd8b000fc97ff21d17d26d208864be645361aaad66e502090a4492a01a