Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c2859db0ed5969f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 20:43:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f0f9082f1e09cd20e83ef257e0faf5fd SHA-1: d2927d239b8ced82095b94a881d11e04473010f8 SHA-256: 0c2859db0ed5969fcbdffe84f30dde093ea2d9fac1300209207493a92dcceb34
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvc4mlgd6rq2ol4og3qjhlo2kq/27705864727.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ss9oajmira99nf10m0l4ij8124/66414907830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7423a719f---74525389338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/85753241574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2vq0bg84suo24142sneolksd6/feretabivitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24b67e868e44574840169390762bfc51/25793950532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4662fc4ce3b7c0a4ca8d4aa14be7eb3a/33523062544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltusg4b8b54p4gt3amc2mbv1ej/nokugepepemav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/435dc0e36ab170e1cc2d347a1452d745/47354963831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/71699319670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd0ca0ee2b---48948712125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tasuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd8fa47499---52407565479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/59841981396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7336bc952fd175b1d7ca99d77582ea7/lagoziniseximaxamowuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/najuvujisizikuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/85336713270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oldgb158mje20gn3raj7rb5n30/rimejonigufexagetoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uppercanadatwocylinderclub.com/clients/877835/File/tenoxibunujiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4392b59f8---fasorusewaderefipobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/65453473886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d948eb432---24390511286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/818338ed1943765ddd051313f62a8871/fujulorudilefowuxilozexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mttrasportisrl.it/dati/upload/file/88818277291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+peach+and+blue+makePDF 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_off0000f16a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16A 10912 bytes
SHA-256: ebe8a1cf3839d916d47d7046d2b0a783190f6a149a7fc00d9c7259ea4744162d
font_01_sfnt_off00010a4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A4B 17324 bytes
SHA-256: d2222825c46daa8dc2f18163531951468f92e848061e32e5c92c5abda377f745
font_02_sfnt_off000137a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1