Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c4dfa8fb9d3f83b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-08-28 03:25:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4d7cca3d4aab389baf0206fed441ef08 SHA-1: a8f6b37bfa62782cd4a8096587fcb888e86858f0 SHA-256: 0c4dfa8fb9d3f83bd44d3ee506f15972bacedde112ac5b478a9fe25d1c7267aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=low+functioning+anxiety PDF link annotation
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89785017046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtglass.pl/upload/file/worevavonujanirakuvej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitk.ru/_files/71340365894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/72300355054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5mm81r0jvm6fg2et5ku2p35hl/zogekogivakura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/nosusovemutinuzuvituli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/98495887821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/47065283054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3e198303c---nipuxizolazuluva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f415ec525ea6495e08b6f11eb81b78df/rusukobuloduwunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/nivunebisotowubuputako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/67350751572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a03a17fe0---66517566169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtowniagrafit.pl/userfiles/file/79884298046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eta-aus.org/userfiles/file/20210806114959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fc9c16560fd82fb84357a942f3a5bf6/fijufuxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091419198aba---91367138044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitaco.com/uploads/images/files/viwegotowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/dujinapufiwuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/60547451170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzumilixagavuzubejokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nradag0rmcv1l0o9u8jphq0d73/bufona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb40c9ed8e---62971848053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76cb9939dd61a859f11358548a889c95/dituzuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/58018445063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/15808720054.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_off0000bdd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDD3 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 23f6b57d3530a9a6904c08d240ccc89c6272a9f04dc85248849282e635779947
font_01_sfnt_off0000d62c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD62C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3E 16348 bytes
SHA-256: 88b07acf8210e0ed2acf09c06f650adb6e2c5e3dcf8db42e2d736ccce1e847b7