Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dab89571be6306d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 12:12:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f5483fc6cde15e77afb8a4e309224773 SHA-1: 3bb78970d839b581a64cb6e3d403aaa5ec798f4a SHA-256: 0dab89571be6306d1f4a11a653e7cb6b56134370ea9102596d253e51c5cb62ac
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 sites used for file hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these compromised links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7cda65a83d---pizeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790a925ae7c---lujaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/fezareratad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rtehc8bcfmmpc4nn8droea5pu5/37439237728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahiclassof69.com/clients/874294/File/petab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/luziva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871ddecdc07---fuvede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/7127509835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd20740f861---51718659818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcce8a36142f40bb6407fe9b9c3c7b7f/24858120084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbf7aeaacfd---ditoneva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/luxapapurosiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/rixin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/86182219598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/sudapavaremuwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/579b33a14b9761f2c41886694e908823/42046978204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/wemofogilanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6acb4a621---71787592029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/razijoratorewexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/xowimupajojobokabotojiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/57315931115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/wifebidekufagawakamorugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2okisffp2rep5j2umviok480c/92875715401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=1st+cousin+once+removed+meaningPDF 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_off000153b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153B2 17984 bytes
SHA-256: c9c31a993106760c0ce85285d60d6b2bc8d32d1b5fd4437466e971f3ca049819
font_01_sfnt_off0001832b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1832B 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 5c05ed5381d7ef62b317d569fc6687893080987b7a3b42cc85eb0a665c0f0dd5
font_02_sfnt_off00019bdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19BDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1