Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dae9cea996e6efb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:25:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b590423eee11f0f01ff347683082d142 SHA-1: 1f2437bd5aade685fbb77aa4aa766a03dbae84f6 SHA-256: 0dae9cea996e6efb2a19dac1b735f30871dff7312b037116b8d47a3d7ef5b85a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed to attract search engine traffic, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=service+manual+of+computer PDF link annotation
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117a720b759c---lafekotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/wafunopasebanonimowavanaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc91ec8042afc778362c5e1cf4e4dbe2/56090387627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angkagenap.com/contents//files/joradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/wusegituboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070295ce0bae---12827955943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/82975003126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f8c07d123bcb50944f210b9a9e83137/34108318709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608289fd9e0da---pexexukitugolinaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nijejota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ff2da9d57048c795fa30335fb42c4ee/budetaleduterobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075efa49cdbd---batanegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c315102fed---84029751244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e197abeca6---rofunilepawadibomupaperuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eberli-medical-supply.ch/upload/file/59844183570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/67668382648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e96a4dfdf2---fodadunegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/vodarewipivabunelozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a081ecd59---82202326674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce9a2570c3---86750485048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40b511cf3bbac84c8d9c8286a536bed4/20812105969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adba72398246464751dd15bf44fd8e4d/nesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7025537336.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_off0000e88f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88F 19648 bytes
SHA-256: 6e0d77c37c9e09e4f8612f5587be4df2ba80bdc75b6e46bf29fce31c9f84b949
font_01_sfnt_off00011bba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D1 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 062c3152aa9d1390f98c29bd4f9c38fbc7fe40e6fe81aa7839e2fc46af04365c