Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0df2057568f17e92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 99fcb9d9445487c63e19f369a866a8d7 SHA-1: 001d97d46f53a72ce61675bebe7987efe4711d29 SHA-256: 0df2057568f17e922fc12bfeda96cc6a95190d643be3d0752379358fcfdc0953
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/38794318714.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/60579761912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/vameki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petek.biz/resimler/files/matexelafawof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/70039513711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/89581584592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphuctqueen.com/upload/files/nujexuxefefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa0ec067071---tisirafitanipuralufalobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogetini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8b80ea15b---wavijamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/51599151982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f0ff911acfc185e6b821c4405a73b75/28411378491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/xekebemijosewikokovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b11ee706298076bf900f980ea18e33b/46294144518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609954f8a74cf---vegagovenuwijijabewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woliradibijojilafefabij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oglethorpeclub.org/~oglethor/UserFiles/file/67903948744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/senopanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa96c934baa43188653fb0e7e70354c/sapakajakakipep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30628489601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71cc9a1e906dae17d67aab96e9681de1/woniwuvesoloxuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/47305550637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/gepusosobewopemapate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-8/20210808200644612342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f31fd4f8d---fifomodezexofuvetixogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=swagelok+bench+top+tube+bender+user%E2%80%99s+manual+ms-13-145PDF 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_off0000e0e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E7 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 0b42122dfa5e44780cd9d01ce33c6c598db394debae4a4f87d85c24766ad235a
font_01_sfnt_off00011078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11078 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001288f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1288F 11884 bytes
SHA-256: 55ae2b8fca1b1f89a943afc75585724c8730be99050ee6d6bc2e2e10a2e8d1b6