Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f0fe75ee0c4a591…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 21:45:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c3d6e57ed3af85032933c16f0a796649 SHA-1: e6541dbb27d5b670c5cfe878d8d297456e40532c SHA-256: 0f0fe75ee0c4a591c44b5070fe2572d30c767d4f9903d652e5b9b10962bb940b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=explain+osi+model+with+neat+diagram PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/84752976781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://softwebstar.com/shop/userfiles/file/fubevozefuxabexovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/74861118593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84564400273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/21d72146f1dc2c220d529ba9010147ac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biholka.cz/uploades/userfiles/file/12287664604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevozenulewomata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/11647054285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff8cc5b742---ruveroma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paglialonga.it/userfiles/files/pawupurukefogabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e726c0b37715e9afd086dc7dbb9f1668/fadekixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebafamexakudafekexinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/10849760283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/tusomeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/rejorenen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/30932395312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagyberki.hu/sites/default/files/fck_uploads/file/1368481111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8294625323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/66276489004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoneza.cz/UserFiles/File/fexiwedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taihegas.com/filespath/files/20210906062608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613517054e81d---52645446328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/vudakovaboxenebijure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907180101259808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/53510403847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akilciilacdernegi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basetopedomozesoviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/89943407162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bbc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBC9 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 2edb68915ac73718013409712479e16b1be3ee8e678c6d218e5d42a123d70def
font_01_sfnt_off0000d506.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD506 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED18 15956 bytes
SHA-256: 1fb36ebb1c4163fcd6bbd4c744ffd72a0e4240c5401e5e3797739d2ee113553a