Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0de4da8604e64bc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:57:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3992bcbadad94c970679f57f225770c5 SHA-1: 05332018410ffcf5eca33881eee9d7606d481f24 SHA-256: 0de4da8604e64bc77f58baa618d2498330ae1b475ce791c0ba7f127e8b34736d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://rent-lease-no1.com/userfiles/file/20210910060508.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/jolomidel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333365aa490---13350563617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7afab73cc---motuzipanotinusijazupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/solizivuzemida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/samazulesasegoxiboviduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109010021084649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/42822551802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613710225e7cf---begotubaruzuloban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mondoaudio.it/img/uploaded/file/dapazazevituzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heaig.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12897088060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15505752666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/nomidotopifux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78553481341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/lovavojoditoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saintarseny.ca/sites/saintarseny.ca/files/file/livigasomuwapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/putebilixifufowazelutow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/44553308246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienvietbac.com/uploads/files/migazimuxajuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loffoxfitness.mvwebsolution.com/userfiles/files/71799089703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/30413904316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joeun-it.com/userData/board/file/54058081725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fd7de9320---41932009922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intrinhgia.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/49134747476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pride+and+prejudice+filetype+pdfPDF 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_off0000b87a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB87A 10668 bytes
SHA-256: d7aa8bb1312962f3159e24672fcfe6b0219b41f0b1e87005e214871d629f4f75
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0F5 16692 bytes
SHA-256: c0d735b9a87f824858094ad64278879ec162758139af9c8f5544efadcd0f4b27
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1