Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ff5068ebd747514…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:51:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3d5bc2362e83afd91a7b927ad59ae66a SHA-1: 322140007c4eaa15a7c66cac18e2434dc666bd9c SHA-256: 0ff5068ebd7475148660c01468b7a596eaa1dae417399653a36b9c6833479f43
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The PDF also contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/82883619158.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/25655355759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/sikuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/13396654734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47f3290e032ef2fdfc73fd506f24cab5/sizawabuzejabekenufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20686293479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/18116460256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8ac089a5b5e448049d8d5ceecdb646b/jigivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budiguva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/50008794870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc15c7f7a1---fuzibofukozozovatala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161166c3661020---57268222532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/770bf3c04e15b41e654f003a0435cc1f/1857495364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ec7c5e32a---xumuninurudarijolevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ca9c4bf9dad23e36d992e5775b5064a/bevupurudowiwirisulabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d231890f963---woxozimawibutovam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-ural.com/uploads/files/gijawekepiwudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagomuvosikuremisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/4589624989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kidoganuzulaxudojira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28607f1a5503d00bfeb9f07d273a524d/80973369416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/zabaretokaximivovowivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/74800940523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tailspin+steven+brill+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_off0000e0a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A2 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 5cdb73674558f9bfda793f573ac0087f8d7907b0a4df9c4f281a5274d4b401ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000f896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF896 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A8 18672 bytes
SHA-256: 7ec5af100e631121629306759c83ad9e9207dd51fa9f0c1c17d86db0c88d18b5