Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f027d9a5022a772…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:57:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4fef09606dea35ec0c67548658397065 SHA-1: ba6f07fd27750d81fce94685be76259969031d5e SHA-256: 0f027d9a5022a7726e95fe3658223a77a1a88e0d32ae981e68cfe50502b9a276
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests it may be used to exploit vulnerabilities or download additional payloads.

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://yugreat.com/filespath/files/20210907055819.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/desunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallard.fr/ressource/site-image/files/7318921319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85393969a7a41b905046b30d0cbe9c2c/kegajikiluwitiwikimewasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/85406913811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/85923788358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/16637476361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armature.ir/cache/fck_files/file/vibipatamikaropakuwodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhos.com/upload/files/vebofezinapit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcubusinesssolutions.com/userfiles/file/88445944260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swiz.eu/files/editor/91353563369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://es21sys.com/userfiles/file/7082771882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce4e0b05751e0327e1ba294164891b6/11217328596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47274841648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratoempat.com/contents/files/85429795173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fibawuzudexareluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/zamutiritip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65828733236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/558061e204ae69f504ed5dc590e5a912/wagemakajureviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compagniaviaggi.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/gojesewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giasidaily.com/uploads/userfiles/file/55159912144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxhsbl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210909_120756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1022eac9ffc3aee1369e0c6eb97c5a5/95932420448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/fezerokegalusawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+video+editorPDF 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_off0000ebdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103ED 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 12d37bc1499fe709f9d5cc0e48d90ae7a4b7d4ae2828f6c712335147aa947062
font_02_sfnt_off0001329b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1329B 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 10940a33f28d7c7f614bebe5d7b21ae188f15d404d2a90cba89eb7aeaff5cb19