Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c6f4fd098952121…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:25:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d05855bda76f94f864a08dfddd47d529 SHA-1: a73d4baf74ddf397b7236b60cf1d4bd5becd606d SHA-256: 0c6f4fd098952121bb910622cfd9f9cd6c320343417e69393e50532a10ff3440
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code. The document also features a link farm pointing to various external PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript and external links strongly suggests an attack pattern involving user interaction to download further payloads or visit malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://jhsclassof63.com/clients/c/c8/c8cc7cee7579ddcd469b669c0eb172d8/File/88405824432.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/ruzotiwaxosopirijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/76514051130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finpacecuador.com/userfiles/file/76661872824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c93c89c334---67982328912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94921a2e5996a68c93d12982e4fff85a/domotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/foworewivifinedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/sujopalulolonibudimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafejujoxoxudurifatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/gekipibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvebumujevivowaberevizif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/77534047189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971ead0b42c---devixefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-schools2.com/userfiles/files/45759066290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/99582630367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kubermatkaplay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvu12h.net/userfiles/file/85515231682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa829f0cf3a---beraxuximexozisafadis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/43360153067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/16922679485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7701ae33b---50826704844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60fd6fc4ccdd50775d0ece72712798e0/50535700451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/72226205003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=orthographic+projection+basics+pdfPDF 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_off000138d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138D4 20328 bytes
SHA-256: e77ee4fafa66bf501b8ad16233029d0282e8f961b64121901dad9aec637e0d36
font_01_sfnt_off00016e64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001867b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1867B 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 782ecf48e269d84e590b13f3a42c49790c0ff8e44f1e3add35475c15336562b3