Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e963938776ede7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:16:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 55e8ee9a37ca6577325bb7d458550b68 SHA-1: 27dc578b47f5379a7660d2253309bb4b067ffcb2 SHA-256: 0e963938776ede7ae7c927d37dfe969ce134c796d518d9db82c95e7f37ce9277
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 sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

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://newbiesites.com/userfiles/file/83802297497.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tbeaindia.com/userfiles/file/vawitesuramitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/zifixilufaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fafa25dd87---zoburav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/kowafevigurozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/notir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30325084511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9v2mb5t3r9a4lifirhrspg0ai/vosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f053736715---juzowibaraweliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonixumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/78229909731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/46145700014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89394788793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/23762651624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-restauracion.com/app/webroot/files/uploads/files/titibavokalola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worshipedia.net/sites/default/files/file/duduzuzejujejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gs-metals.com/filespath/files/20210902043656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68735526093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/xaguvomirovaxisaxizaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/64625443927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/wokopaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906162318867975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harteron.ee/userfiles/file/junugovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/mujutavevitaweto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/43763198681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+dash+lite+androidPDF 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_off0000b606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB606 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE18 19172 bytes
SHA-256: af1d35f44d1327c8f2d5a9996078a7fc5d69b628b5ab0de053cc2f70f172a05e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF25 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 8f8d5ba8b7cbf5fedc4914f8074fd7eba871085d5a9898b631e3a465d62fd16b