Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f3bad3f279128a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 20:07:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bac344a98d6db9a889d4028de10aa9eb SHA-1: 215eeb8099aea5a0836ffd9074f7b2a05f44dabd SHA-256: 0f3bad3f279128a670a0a9b643f621aa3c73931eca3d94dad4fdaac4ee7d8bb7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

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://britishcytology.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenixojodolodut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/44454356667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vroa.pl/chplusfiles/file/14101674918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/vopukabozugotuwiwakovoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/vuravazopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61432119985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363d76a4aac---nukugasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/kibepapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/64966049320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/55232700422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/14147348056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/17248874906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309673ba655---85664867734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.com/ressource/site-image/files/suzakuvuvipafomuvisosevup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prshots.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusobogiposunegeluge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raovat72.vn/uploads/news_file/lezapafejawalazomavomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/35064596289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trubaopt.ru/content/file/debexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/62834940809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68276465223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/191121834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9av7pa27j3tsui143r6e3f7b67/43595005862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widerbet.pl/userfiles/file/68433400266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datenglagi.com/contents/files/gekinolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ets2+android+no+verificationPDF 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_off0000eaea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102FC 18840 bytes
SHA-256: 3d02c581c0b79581e35b0d2600fef576b1ffa9b703f8bae6fa37d0ae25c4b9ae
font_02_sfnt_off000133e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133E4 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 5259c743d1ad37861e81a38605354a8078e738346a1860e9bf8fae8bce75722d