Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 196eeea43205c1d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:35:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cf3378442c8df551b9060e341e7da839 SHA-1: 4e99bbd01c58b39340a4ffb0e68c8b243e1e2845 SHA-256: 196eeea43205c1d8f83a079f49f2b4c7b3c1126b726e016316bc5322ee49fb81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca42b0bdc4---21591388170.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/tubajifokepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jenipsgo2jssufkpf75rkle4r4/tumokobajufevobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12731ba9dd68a54e00e100e47c99490/93938919604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourconn.com/userfiles/file/202107280034212186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/bodoxezefigofiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqesho7ggsc7j2dk7ljhtdjge6/67190714882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9b605fde3---13087068881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/81863624793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fb0c7a9f7160d1a8bfe9d15cc6f7198/83933864373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugelifafimatupobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santevita-bg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugivalagetaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/20791530718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbisan.com/userfiles/file/gisubona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/pofovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fukujiwolewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/68918927137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/jonemanuwewasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/34382864196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vndpfc7ckom2mskh11i8o7rp13/32647430671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63cbeda51d---dobenomebutumikabolenifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/fonodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/lezusunuxubuvinukodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=comrades+training+program+2017+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_off0000d2e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eafb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAFB 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 2283c58eb7652c8c19ee2ee7d6df0a2d4f1bebd8e8e6b34902f6b4bccb2e56d0
font_02_sfnt_off000117e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117E2 11172 bytes
SHA-256: de489156c69903055193d791d3f8964718928d361783ce0359c22d82a244e16d