Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f8f938cabeaf1b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:20:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f3c2f294177d8f0b3129ab97322692e2 SHA-1: 3215d9350b3fc629b3f67b7d7b9b8e0e0fb0100b SHA-256: 0f8f938cabeaf1b2f0b55f7be860034cc46ed0c16f14076f194f19d8191663e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. These factors, combined with high ML confidence and ClamAV detection, strongly indicate a malicious phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/97773310612.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rjiguetgmmaj52fek2a6ifmt0/75698743938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d101856e1---lojosorekaronagas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade07d316bb---xazasutugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/31775188972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25428432843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/tipukatige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/jekurikexemovamajukove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4096003d59fd73ac13a22ede5c713af8/67261288038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/19879475349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff0018683c62230946cd73877650e40/86214282765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71d0f7375c---26628831319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/32633179699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/52467615659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozowurinigoluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/21887368327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/totibikexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jordanfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/51/51534e3e38036466a76ca8a024fd4923/File/vinixepesavadalowiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50411279cd1cc4f37750cc93d92a0e6f/zironolivevelebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/45881842688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lurobimodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210809_193644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/58119371447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhavezbozi.cz/data/file/85329334914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=structure+of+boranes+pdfPDF 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_off0000bb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB82 15716 bytes
SHA-256: 689e7fe3698b3b213504714b98c323f1460b7973900bfa921bbe3257335ef9ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FD 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 922757723948e23c3963a99e9a6be4cdc4a12fb1014a05831a3a81c50018c998