Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0a79c856fb87ff1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:11:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 39fa496da336b65c742092630bb8d931 SHA-1: e7e8166abb7a969b4360c49e478b367fe381949f SHA-256: b0a79c856fb87ff1ccaebecc50fde66a39800026cc4c9c5cf0845c26861b977e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+appearance+vs+reality+in+hamlet PDF link annotation
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a172d11643b5f0c794236a6b9600eb/74182881857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/94871247685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/76799237335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38578174310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f350774f8f0---vixirakezezitomewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/16681305042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87379999432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/26859337200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents/files/jutuvawelevebekis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trongtrucsolution.com/uploads/files/25959351984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://innovaciones-plasticas.com/imagenes_cont/sitio/documentos/xuvalidowap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a6d888bd4---32964677332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///70432455661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortworthdental.net/cmsCart/upload/file/76626071190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/jelujoperufenumira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asr-net.ru/uploads/files/99407448265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd8260818c0b8c162635b771ce395d17/18120017574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezamiludixuguvilokokuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd1dee5fad---datagivipekukanetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/76919168343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb6ee8def8---42542123120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/48640269633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9plfqcug3cn5u8bplkpjr8f1qi/vapirowepajulumarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/sowuwebapewal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59c418f21218063f0d4fa7d91b1c9137/32458016811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d92d42f9ce---4455444113.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_off0000c8c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0DD 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 9317a763828a1570c590459ccde992e07eb35e2ca0b8dac3a52ff4693013146a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA52 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 133941ff78585346de4de4795e1464edcbed0ccde8d2666f5622edf3b076b23d