Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cb396c2b38433f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-10-21 21:20:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d1e2d039c622c96b6b922705ee23e57d SHA-1: 32ead78385f8a06788e4375d2ed40d30b19a6a8f SHA-256: 0cb396c2b38433f676130b12aaa68fa593d0b5b18e1b810bd194ae035b05508a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to various external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a7e7cf0a1e5852a1da6fdddd5e6ae84/dozegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dk4ehn0f3kqtb87e1dnej4i39/xunaxebiziradekobexevapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o17ivmm88t7f8ugmefph8stjso/xakipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canshu.dlzj.net/upload/files/2021100804381820212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/72424157837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10785083dd8f1c08f0aa7189fac1c14d/47806013922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/vadiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansecuritisation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/23127097882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/32504094712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-winstal.pl/userfiles/file/9238139122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47086759215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/zujeraba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51ccbjamn4cfdpap0a2jq3lklj/weweveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/99631708274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40163310920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopphutungmayphat.com/upload/img/files/23611059884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ea467bf60b---garisutizupisosukevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khyljg.com/uploadfiles/files/sizipevabinopufureg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiruwuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/pidijinipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/47577485725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/2I9n2o-U8HI/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+command+fill+in+minecraft+pePDF 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_off0000d9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A7 10956 bytes
SHA-256: cff69641cee76ad89baf0b6e087bf4864f43cfd7dab71fb9759e767d5fb31505
font_01_sfnt_off0000f30c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF30C 18928 bytes
SHA-256: 474e2837c54975254d7b0ebc0bd5a8bd7e67ee3b25c3009d0f905f4614856a5b
font_02_sfnt_off00012499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12499 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1