Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d668225d2cfcaf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-21 14:07:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0c686a434e7ac6af684ac72a80d25bc0 SHA-1: 9b36f87dd1759d940c9e4bc08232e3209e48baea SHA-256: 0d668225d2cfcaf7948377010ad3c14f2475fc961c697b70976f60c0c30f09c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious activity or redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27474023195.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/14663662363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0r1sbg7cs27cvjdgc1f12bott/berin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a47bfc0af18b53a568f50c8ff04e540/76788311508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9494329eb---fubadujotosoxifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7d6768dc5---1713197660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/8782256800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/86033442119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/067792dd432bc289748b5c1320bf64c3/37297912267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53326984941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15a1006528a79ec26c047f6d5921e699/zosefilibusidijaviwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/guxegigekuloniwuwiwenonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/pofevege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca93c6f7af---zujazodemefokaxararu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb5f8759f89---44781781223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/zuximijigeladozoburuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/70230041043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c3557843c6bf8a8eb79de4e793c4dd1/58929952594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6hsos0s0119unb8uql850qios/14626478336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/29106496734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/5687702041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+hcra+surchargePDF 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_off0000e49a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE49A 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 5a69ab87cab4158a12ddc15c18b27d557d3eaada0c3558b2a5bfd64ea33619e9
font_01_sfnt_off00011280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11280 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 6fe1d776f713c603d90f65164601ff0947f6db097ca179316c5f62efbae5ba44
font_02_sfnt_off00012a07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1