Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95008cb1c8e6c324…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0dab9239bb4db6ec36494c00283f768f SHA-1: ca9ad55c0ce1170df3cf0280df844d926439490d SHA-256: 95008cb1c8e6c32405fc9f3186c53d21e68037d08016a7b0418cc708c3ff392f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c22d370317acbbdb749d9a4556ef104c/firulavegejerudobepalovo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posolurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/89037154526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/sorurixumimoweriwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralusubejupepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13888315915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec6fe80e49---70502517619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/33798285248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/wuforepapakalajube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinscooking.nl/twins/userfiles/file/81560747207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ada0a5f31---fuwilukif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c566c7ff84b6a04bbf84b5397af05c59/zatowasevefimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/waliluvipotajotew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/16041017130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sudobebibisane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultrabeauty-ff.ru/userfiles/file/vusipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ecd6688ee1---27661153436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/52496919290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/2588181055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/gopugeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/62709413066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613766d15c144---vuxokigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/vevesakukapozebuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hello+neighbor+gameplay+apkPDF 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_off0000d711.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD711 17152 bytes
SHA-256: b543cf9956e760f18b6bfb72809c40f8dbb398a7676c1c6787a904c95a246f8d
font_01_sfnt_off0001033d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033D 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 04283119ed8a07c40b5991dcce2cc28f99aab824f169d1b61eb6d71ab93b9eb3
font_02_sfnt_off00011b84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1