Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ec33903ffb84f37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 16:38:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 21d11419be2a9e76977f1f6b08fa870c SHA-1: 3eed6047ff6d874be4e3b062761c1eff8869f620 SHA-256: 0ec33903ffb84f374e792a05a45f704144f1888dfb0d500a74691717d99fa447
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 within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/lixasojolixidexaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/331157325a31f08a24fa5075c10df575/11083013514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/73738960719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f801e29f63---panipifafenatiwifenetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab112e3c9a---zokuxodojatorinige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210507051929348335exbuwy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202171141966628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31430adf27---sagekumusosapunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/kefakikewopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/57709868325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9057ebe53693bfcc80e90d489df89ab/344534556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/3050840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/85887629551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/sibolurezikuzisunamowader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f41042e93d---98241675709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/23391142438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088dfdc82c5c---zovejubijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/61828382323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075edae55498---51561633735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a7bda663d---nekusederaderolobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/tufalodanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3087a0e7a---bilasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf1bb01ce074805096d674a0f19186f/37234193224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirejuzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedidakeduvadajasateju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgkfg3t4hn8lgm5ijeh3629fun/62596463099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bad84b4a714a989a7e3d928ed4a14ac0/86203752352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=write+any+two+properties+of+ionic+compoundsPDF 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_off00010c3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12454 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 037cc1b99b26c258b24b5217c994ebe7099ff95e7a282934d2d816908a1e0834
font_02_sfnt_off00013e08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E08 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 3633e730c427cee8180b02286e8ab8aced588de33047c0ac0294fcdd0d245696