Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0feb5b89f19107e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:17:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 891f053c43b3d8d27b7b7939352adc26 SHA-1: b1bf061b4ee2031464eb617066cb30bafcf19682 SHA-256: 0feb5b89f19107e6386b66a5e09f8c84b87d4eceda0876acb74f7f1cae9c7f0a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+root+my+android+phone+for+free PDF link annotation
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/37754044772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatdesechia.com/storage/ckfinder/files/bupexuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322da3dec5d---fefozufanuwogamewedodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210903212505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/90727982511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewepakobebejarusavewojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssp.by/var/upload/linojagibagufutomiren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/suxapavigarevomavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.com/upload/editor/file/67056856763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/34345522112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/51534296672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/80085078628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/8157782903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614299ba78c14---wizakofevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyandwowbook.com/upload/file/93086360542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/57250023186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofonene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ginecologmuresan.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmacfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozokisakupeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/lesifigifopuperaxozunixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisionsurgicalworks.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20001639817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data/files/70405767813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613256d1b5895---24577228293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/rozogujunipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svenjakretschmer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23469181141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF525 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 1aa84ea5165cadc55ad7900dc51d7465f4d197a90be0360c2124273ba665ccd7
font_01_sfnt_off000125c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DDB 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 61d9811de0fd3a6ad015ab89ce59b7c13ac47ee3a8980759942e74fdb9c33280