Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f1415e0e733dbb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:37:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b261715abf3f00f0b61106bd73a6829b SHA-1: 382e609f18ad0f5c4146fc8aba72d79695d1c909 SHA-256: 0f1415e0e733dbb23d1ef571ebdd675f13b2db8817e1e0aba8ff8b58ac6d5729
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, a common technique for distributing malware or directing users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db3399db1b021103a4698d771a5b6a15/17544859644.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/rufotiwazukalivexazebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/nizubogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5194d1867169926ae2e708b5ea097e80/xuzumukudejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/21475448431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d26542a1d78724f9d1dea92031de3028/rezotetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/31762374900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr9ojl29ncgp41udg5umlg4hpk/45206783645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/76800343575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a8189130597da41def0f34b24fdc832/12069849116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/024ff214b22ba21c1d7d2472976c07c9/sowamimedagorijojudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57e0e2a4cf---wuzotofelepiraxikek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67aa8f2839f422f21ac1e7e8f6862215/83197548636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a611eed20cacd241284927bbf029818b/gisutijixosajepozogawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/70278843918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/vekujuzafapumuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/tofevowowozurebizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/8068595235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb0182e873---kusozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b007daa4619---11544443864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b126be9096---naniditiwuvefikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/bafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/bimofadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721026da48e---zawolasolilasunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64624560518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210617125440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=highest+poverty+countriesPDF 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_off0000ecc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC2 10716 bytes
SHA-256: a164e78af7a6d04cf5633dd711f54f64c11905ec33c76fb0fbd817a1b93ed739
font_01_sfnt_off0001055a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1055A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6C 18204 bytes
SHA-256: a2ba7e09143a49eaaadafcb349ba0c919a51fc66ee145379df1d8de9cdc817bc