Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f617ba6cb595712…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:15:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 22e5802284b784bdb41262f5ff8d71cd SHA-1: 7122324cf3dc5577146b97e203e298d21164855e SHA-256: 0f617ba6cb595712f5018f51f635e6f8feac0d30b702efaa5439fe56c40b65b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further suggests a malicious intent, likely for distributing malware or facilitating phishing attacks. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-1/20210701023230759964.pdf
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89e4c87775---88939005273.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a45a25245---tivamedodazagabawovizi.pdf
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/58113682794.pdf
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/zuxurani.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6af257b50---21968794757.pdf
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ebf71e348c476f445ffcb13a556b492/96548090063.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078828798f9d---48328053112.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8d8f36569---81335734265.pdf
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/poe2e7fn9dsp4bl29j8859e2m7/widizekigaligibowajizor.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/548fb39b3962909084285bb8dbdfb834/vowafiramozubosovo.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab638019c8f3c10e53ed24b15b0d9853/89864653881.pdf
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/52573605291.pdf
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3069e7a005e8fa323e20eb7b884e3702/3064306361.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99b37728e7efd1cdb9ba5f55a1c83ad9/36820278991.pdf
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/27080154542.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc995e6939---mubopigiwe.pdf
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/musitegulovisuzorisif.pdf
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/31812774382.pdf
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/jividar.pdf
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20761059990.pdf
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/730sk5b82cr8r1rao20risb422/kamisufixi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=office+yearbook+quote
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd66.bin
c8fd819f21cfe38bd4049f32fd909a16edbbdc31c5fa0144c33ee6c8cf365b52
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD66 18156 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012cec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CEC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014503.bin
dfb51981c342b596b55cd67130548d033c2e4e6598460816248a7b847bf7f5b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14503 10628 bytes