Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f839c8f25df8ddb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 22:12:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a35aa3a9bb1e2485c1079dc374caf02b SHA-1: e0b34265677bb875d886305527beec5bcd2cbb43 SHA-256: 0f839c8f25df8ddbec00265f890ae8b069e68024c71554eeea391aad8d552bfb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a lure for phishing or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67594e55f95eeb9e3f564dd1f71659f/buxalunijibew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6773f1f1d0ac4a0ca2ada70b9cb2b81/nomapavopizikelax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fef0d1a91f---78936016042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a01e56f10c---vefosejozulodotupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/litebawetakemizeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carmakers.cz/userfiles/files/tafiwonekenugemolawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba631ac4dd28eec82a23cfb26aadfa54/pasidelikagemufojewodetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfaa8d9a10---nuvikoxalipabuliput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgbjhk5j9j2tep50t0e0ccl8q3/zenaxerowapowovedeburek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36981416ea09a5fd4d35cbc13f8fc541/65031958836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/9992766088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2f9026dd68ed679d8d43fdd7e5e6a95/dimakonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075373bc0d76---zaputafabola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67c9c4cc5bfdbebfb4bd29ff2a284b6b/69116076818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8b50e68cc---xukodidadajisafexirexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/20712628268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/lelonavunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csss77.com/clients/d/df/df7f2fdc42e243c7a03c192a8228c0be/File/81809612056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/nusenorurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/283e6b83988f8b4b16960e552de2d242/taleron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aaa3e10676e0f046c8b9a93d64535f9/25230264731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/97090070809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envisystem.com/upload/userfile/files/kevavibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/26199616572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=2020+kia+sportage+lx+reviewsPDF 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_off0000f36f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36F 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 0759777d9a83b9d0c38ef70b882a4117a9ef68453c82e3c1d577fb51bfb5a24c
font_01_sfnt_off0001201c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1201C 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd4ea5456659921a9e3a7528b247c9906b97b941ff6ea473f21fa0dc11bb6a3
font_02_sfnt_off00013957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13957 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1