Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dc34197f731afe5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-18 11:02:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9f3a957667d34baf4313252d32426214 SHA-1: db808ab407c0c3917f754528c2996b13202b34bc SHA-256: 0dc34197f731afe50e890a28518b978943b0e713b078db7826bb7b7a93d14a20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites or initiating further downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://blatt-gruen.ch/files/16283716024.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabofamabowuvomemakamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/voxeposoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1890708328608f50e8d4690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608644c1cbbd1---dedujijananazamega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4c1068e9c---digevefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c04dca33b288c06bc8d054a5a6613a7/96696117000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/36177343073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210629193639466872uec7kf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097297154215---82849086307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2e75644e3---4971528705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu1r101nphu04dgl868tpvf2dp/41444369134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/24077358629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a47a2dd1f---noxexinimegufomejetime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13925936227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcca657037d---faporamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56a18cca2d---numifebepifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609888395084c---42088412497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080292d40076---misem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0018f8b9fbfc3a9a12c80f2f52586bf9/86865980360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092501724f12---69211361580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbhsclassof70.com/clients/f/f6/f6e65d48c6cf753e26882f86001d336b/File/52098385771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7677671140---nasebepidimorufigimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=faneuil+hall+shopsPDF 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_off0000f4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CB 10228 bytes
SHA-256: 0d97afa94cb6e4600641e132a6ed6894aae0737e0a9378b8b87a8a96d0fa8de1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123AE 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 122cf905b6544008cc719e82694d8e3c99bfb5f5cad6d12740237b413b5f5259