Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0cb5359243e0638…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:58:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 223eb60ff7adb6fab62bfc9318a209b0 SHA-1: 11915a3f4167a6230f3bc277e76764ad175c1ae6 SHA-256: b0cb5359243e0638b979b65159bac96f24f969ac41886e3e2906569fa4ea66d6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It exhibits characteristics of a password-protected archive lure, suggesting it's designed to trick users into decrypting a payload. The presence of numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, further supports a malicious intent to distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://jobtiara.com/files/files/32930813557.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/16020979599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maulich.vn/attachment/files/15914673644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357a90d63d8---60459252149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/vipupusopuvebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/69716460811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/gisexinowivulile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcstonetw.com/uploads/files/202109120130236865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/96656285477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b6ff0a814---16296701715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d8fcabf6035eddd189d771502a89f5/nuwosigagofimuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/images/blog/file/dosibiwegebatozomusini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/kapozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cssh.es/img/file/getanoxijufejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/nemenubepunajiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityfate.com/files/files/lakevomolufitixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldtradezone.com/userfiles/file/81076697992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/30265616126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenixfalt.com/userfiles/file/73966465432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/tixedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395fcd6bad8---migobubimiperasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/27204633989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/lidonebojojubomojasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartekstil.com/firma/files/86848382220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=download+gta+5+for+ppsspp+isoPDF 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_off0000e4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AC 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 0800ca4e3b14c60743b9e7e1494114ba616fd534c4b1e39964efb0778b08cdeb
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001157a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157A 17384 bytes
SHA-256: c2cdb4411e3a76be30abf181075ab8cb4a4a4239ecb992933cd4a800808f3960