Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fb5530344252419…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:35:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 896efef8b89134eccb2de48ad83ea314 SHA-1: 71d97273d4648941dc99dd86b93975c84c389055 SHA-256: 0fb5530344252419541db5b08101255c6e8b819f8308f330574c13e11019085c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these compromised sites for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086204815ea7---21271539250.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/49190538456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/xamosexawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa8fede554---4700153627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58db29f0d0---pefisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bb9deed38---sidurulosovotunitalofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/68205177740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/arnosdi481cmuqhepbv5j14i7n/mapetabapepagokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/30773746666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe8f32813c28c6ba5d831334e0a9818/13276377938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840780deee9---31725624697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba6a8c5af6---76429648468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/sopolafagozevakop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mdckb3lte9qrnig686p3p3dkb7/97127844437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/nubugirenoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098787b1a3e5---mapipumulital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b738ded9be6---patobagevofixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/96357787497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fa9cdcb50c7bfc49cfb5cb9e39f870/92473325078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48508231438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/vebotafedewitegele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=kinesiology+an+introduction+to+exercise+science+textbook+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_off0000c755.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC755 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 89efafdbc3e068af2adc35738a55cec43602dfa311052d6df68a8ea0dbe4ad32
font_01_sfnt_off0000f573.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF573 11336 bytes
SHA-256: fa19be9d6bc722f59d6b0b83fa7de7ea3fb7b631759c5eadb362453f634176a6
font_02_sfnt_off00010fe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1