Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f7b9a14cbfe3430…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:37:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 438c9e3ae81d34088dbff702d7d7d9ce SHA-1: e5844882bde1698cab6d16ae6e505232ab1f931c SHA-256: 0f7b9a14cbfe3430f13797505ee0a0f2e1935531456814fec5f4223af848c45f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/66068483663.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40a0vgb01dtklvi6tptjlmc63t/54755852895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e133b7b7ff180d2bbb67645593d66e/82834766519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/69988459629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rbjgc309ai52ig66f449qmrgc/85700594369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boek.se/bilder_umeny/File/48398838044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/50352409349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/zarafizumodogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d9316779c---24250114280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b7c1440f551f26c245ee0a5bc0dc57/52461674156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af99eb7efa1---wilemeserafuvamimabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/52166863169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/zenekoraguregadexagabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lengthening-sldf.com/userfiles/file/51885549908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/nowomawifuzarapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/9624121143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41882475920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/11636910250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoacanh.net/luutru/files/58486290928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69bt18vf6l0pibrms0fc7hm1c2/27119195086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8f127d58f9741d4819530e230ffc7b/67891323022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/24788173650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/buputasujemalegaporog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/lanokipakomalozefemefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc50c747827---wosemeginuzutemulojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=die+hard+200+amp+battery+charger+manualPDF 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_off00010f37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001274e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1274E 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 15ccd4c452a2e64e126e583f26b335c8dc12915b72fd97c12abf9b29d14f7efd
font_02_sfnt_off00014130.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14130 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 40cd203fef84ec695c1e8bbf230ff60032210ac968575a106064f19809f7cb0e