Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c6599a95c577a93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 269711204e4d1ab355cffecf4a654d9c SHA-1: f76213dc3c7a29878d896fbccf72462eeab83115 SHA-256: 0c6599a95c577a933c8288a61433079aa2b112d8b75b53534ced92868ddc6e28
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, a common tactic for SEO poisoning or distributing malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g856h5phd9g597itu15j8tobq1/82903351488.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/dikadotote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9825ac7807a455634ddb9e21cb3a846/repelimijidasudenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37346461746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4aabd9394---48442757748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614093c494368---67287131495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vienhung.com/webroot/img/files/34694827281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/nuremakopewofugil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/saketirazesofemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/gamunokozaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313385f057d---dogovitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elliptical-trainers.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14075439078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/44464279228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/zuxidukewunexagotogibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210912/file/16314502187839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anaja-inter.org/public/file/30681358967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467a0c1236171f9e9811e2dc818125e0/86332407678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vino-charlie.cz/userfiles/file/posujosiledojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341adbf1a1b---vugodafejide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edbiji.com/uploads/files/20210914094505_839615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqrainternationalschool.org/_assets/files/22789166240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careerroots.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefazovenobuvopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/14799713368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/dorumipirurafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaas.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/97236840302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+android+10+on+note+8PDF link annotation
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/81300541162.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_off0000cf8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF8F 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 588fa5528bb2652a213fc1da174b4e071038ed0077cdca8794d52c5452034082
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F5 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 1aee3b1ddd5546202b493a920d574d983daafc3eaa4b5cf7ae9032b98fea2761
font_02_sfnt_off000114f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1