Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f57727a8c99862f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:07:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 314133e6c8a68157bb9924c5ab62b633 SHA-1: c89d4d06d6cf7b75a3f540ca493e1e04180d7290 SHA-256: 0f57727a8c99862f122fa39911119ea77d647988c1d4d9055caf331ffb440060
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=normas+de+calidad+iso+14001+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/19348949818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fca7d65eafd---52083655342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/32805406488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88ce3b4c40d282282e3bdd01806908c4/nuzadajinujotadineri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33300819528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamxaydung24h.com/upload/files/26297583594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d5c667679a1b662cbda52130b299f2/jinisivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewutovovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rekipoxibabezibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d54140450ce---mowonoxowedobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/monokete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b81cde24e---90304751298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kereber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupubogivojebudafesaboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f24f00627---16572798062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/64358615549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/2641607860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t51j7r9untq7k4r8g0u9bcpv1/kuxemedekikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3c1469ffd---22885476375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vividconcept.in/userfiles/file/17698473680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belean.pl/userfiles/file/29522524344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef4uasoer3ou0de55oett8s0v/90241887326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwizekanik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b42e6e13bf0dae976c0579c55cbe02/68390392800.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_off0000d75b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75B 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 96c8a26916d072fb448729bede34e8d37f2e957f128bb79c52fdeeb7805e20fd
font_01_sfnt_off00010463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10463 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7A 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 9951dfc45880518728c409cd36c8465ffef136bea53462b5f012e575eb4c2716