Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c842e84f615b7a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:24:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fe633d5ce19137fa713a7bfa8e8d1db2 SHA-1: e70b9bad7851bf44e1f21dbe5ed92ce45c823462 SHA-256: 0c842e84f615b7a1efdc8cbf748045b26eb0b3b0ad739e8c1cb68d8caaacceaf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hepatoprotective+activity+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/15193874283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cab64b04dd---rogelax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9a43e31af---kemazikimuvuxusipunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/wawaloxinowewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12150742127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfzgt.ch/upload/file/jokedebisarofuvugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/97119944787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/dafaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrrc.heart.net.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/12997519856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/wokiredubumosim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/zibazebusejusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210618015027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a92207c770---gixusogezajulenagixokopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/68476001647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafonajonidudizutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/dawenojokuwawidewibokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/zatuwikukizar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f01a7a5684c---gujisuladokojupazepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/xemutevirupiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90039631737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7f017a300---turiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eca.or.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sataxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/sasisipu.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_off0000ba4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d25e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD25E 15528 bytes
SHA-256: 47d63b51402bc64ee5a643cc1de59a38626dae43648b5d52a3e5d59a6ab59158
font_02_sfnt_off0000f990.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF990 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 2c28299a8939e437d209c632ce1d9240c8f65334bfcfd0a29b4177e9a60628c6