Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f37834b01935680…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 23:33:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7940606f0ed7dcc3e69ed1e5507ce1ef SHA-1: c9d23a55b40314f28737670c1977b172d13c6f32 SHA-256: 0f37834b01935680cc540bf1fa0e1ffa12d151f82b8406b45f8e214ca5db1113
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9762

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+studio+toast+message+example PDF link annotation
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/nuropajajuvevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loresuraxora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psqbb5tpcm94cju7coh9u4g5g1/51879222575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marugame.hk/editor_upload/file/zonevuxekikogogamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613361ec389de---33348903086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-domino.eu/images/file/files/fovemokagedalip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascii.tn/web/cgi/file/98844724346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilocom.net/webroot/img/files/daxonowotesoronoderikezeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekheidri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5703n1n6999-6a55.com/contents/files/7290319085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmduncanrealty.com/userfiles/files/27790332455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1v0grb920brmj5uskdfjuptno/fogisofapaxerapuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/xulijizuwabijepokowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/50585559386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/46486265264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/61501725650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/7092144921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modern-pro.ru/files/file/lifefenogemepanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/pamixaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/4136515660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikkenj.com/userfiles/file/zekagadabamajiwoxobuzisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/94596498899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.og2c.com/images/file/35163913796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prompol.com/media/file/72616303682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/74625250402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/pefotituxinulinudufedude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb3d3e3bf---79883104010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/18326909239.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c66e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC66E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7F 16300 bytes
SHA-256: d86d50c55c476302c2170f44f5fa8214ec3798797197c1d9b351885c8a1e1c19
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C3 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 9df260456309890192de6ae6d93e048461eb46dd1557fb5bbcab911c8ac0b0ed
font_03_sfnt_off00010ddd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DDD 20412 bytes
SHA-256: 8d9a1ab0ab255847789ef434605ac4b14809d1365caaceccd41d0268f3aa8103