Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d364ba941250aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 00:42:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 101ee76b358e4edef62be7919b7601d8 SHA-1: 9b0e430f9a049b05e929a66601f93aad8d140c3c SHA-256: 0d364ba941250aca183242e8f4b432e3c56fcacd121bd5627efcba208b7ce049
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads, further indicates a malicious intent to direct users to potentially harmful content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/26958064635.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/59608257202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe4356df05---buwuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/71294711384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/90907669533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabutopawetoxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripilusosisunimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a981c4ba130---juwovutugeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad164e9327---dejewuxugozuvobapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f55c3314---42110460880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/tozebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a16cdad55c7425d69b87172de1a45b4/77043117960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/rufataxusimonoruvabumon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b65bd0dc4---xoragotoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/24875037969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/jimabetegagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/fegufejudaxenovapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/guzewebakifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/38261084501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/95753891745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/resafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d08da04656---fizuzomuwelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078273708842---xomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=90s+fashion+magazine+coversPDF 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_off0001066b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1066B 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 70bdbb4ba0c4dc444455d54aedfe200667f8ca89b9967a6ea885d260321d1f5c
font_01_sfnt_off00011fb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137C4 18716 bytes
SHA-256: ee65b1a9a36373178469c671da4890c12a9267b99a564b31f297365cc260b62c