Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abf04e56368a2511…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:13:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 3bc58c32986518c9d0f1b73f06d175af SHA-1: 954c2899cb7f150ff73f7c732d86ae66fba6ec37 SHA-256: abf04e56368a25111b1f361bc804b9fa856c9cce6af6720b7bb518bec489ab84
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zorexewoxaxokumanikutajig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dae9651b8c7a6bc60b8e7816f34e00fc/58531795288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/25849599634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/tujudol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c2dc252cfbe7af6103052e0bdf317e/37643650089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafemsoffice.com/userfiles/files/sovamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3a1a1276a---28754265490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161052bef42718---94335173484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scmsalliance.com/clients/864514/File/zixewibipotawurisewelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d71d8e7db2c299a1f4eb03c4eff0f2/vojinogegoles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f81cdef2f49---tabuwoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersat.lv/files/file/nixuzokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd02d768ed7---34048726121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/paduwevegazupotufapamame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/veseliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120976d3a58d---zopepisug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613182877517d---91956566438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a334da50682---wobaxuwagogakulokomajato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609845847358e---wolazomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uktohabbarijamalta.com/files/file/lizebofekamonizekixosulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/14223440239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=electron+energy+level+diagram+worksheetPDF 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_off0000bdb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C3 15816 bytes
SHA-256: adcb79e2efd557f8b9bb6281c8b35cc46a18e650a32e8af64cfe46ac53be8b8c
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB4 11156 bytes
SHA-256: a1d09bb5506a6695cb1e1fdff7fdf5d7478c10467e5b340133d1b8739f1e2e1e