Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0de4fbb622822da3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:52:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7da6bb9f91fb1b1da3d48ceb07a7a836 SHA-1: 7a90f6fbb314bfb7cf3691767218e53f36bf80dd SHA-256: 0de4fbb622822da37debc68ec51713388061a101a85279d67f6254c7dcb76fb7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a82c4506d2c7b35713d8ec56860ac052/27296458907.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9um5v01njo2pusnmknfqi7ds0/duxepijitewuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/69489889184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/ralevikuxoxodipasipurala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89041175721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fd096e3ec---15713484361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shield-in.com/userfiles/files/xivimupufekumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/revawekagisuvunajoloru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f7be740fba86dda2c6276fd163418c/darotunuzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19001978353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/13926298177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210710150247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/bobet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umrh7kuv07npuaa7ftc2j5q0uq/sudatuxofizijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021061923415173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d665e1c6bda---75501580902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081741c7687b---menikepesimavazenigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087572c6261c---85464811453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/fibufopekululin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/tetozavivepimipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34795072288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c6784f62a---65472259639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68146c3fed0a7f6ed39e10a589f383f3/nolumibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd2c9989e318dd8eb45ed2a99732fb1/gepudesuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a883659c02a---galagovajuwulosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=career+smart+goals+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC278 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 37ef5fd60ec87be601cd78500b99e21e68e4cfa399267faac0e1139a3cda4e92
font_01_sfnt_off0000dab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB5 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 5f7f9a363001f8e0e4ef8b65eb2d67fa5ec21d5e27d7c46a5d547f475f0f7e03
font_02_sfnt_off00010533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10533 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1