Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0fa9e1bb9abce62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:16:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cdcbd9f2cfba7599b6b13dbfaafe4e57 SHA-1: 2abe214aaa613da5f7d2908980899461fd2d48e0 SHA-256: b0fa9e1bb9abce62ba68e5998a57c14d49cc70bf3e1691e15e4c3e1c077e4545
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting the JavaScript likely downloads a secondary payload from one of these URLs. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support a malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/28478917188.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42933833367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870ca592510---91769057181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608111ce09bec---64512335455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8060befd5e0ba66982ecb696c174f419/vuminerusavosejosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/lidojeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bad9aa617d---63286665240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/vuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/227084be178f5fefcc693e85bf331fa1/boguxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/savulelutozesogojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/1649544865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075552f65618---39634915042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomufinasezopikotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc5fda1a78a6e21dddcf2e6ac1e53b20/juvazapegumuwosebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/duparusefugidujez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cottagegrad.ru/files/file/45286950658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/roxivakejinixixozalumiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c1e716d8af703ea47485c2f09b88300/fimobokebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d7566190f---puzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/dosubenilivesetaposukeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/dakevesezufuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r92s5tavubjon73pn1dna11s9m/52096814603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/zivizijuximep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/41476909043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=partition+amelie+poulain+comptine+d%27un+autre+%C3%A9t%C3%A9+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_off00010189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10189 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001199b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199B 21452 bytes
SHA-256: b222f661a4fad60c5c0e831eb79c0b83ff91799aa8bb6539cd7afcf4d88791af
font_02_sfnt_off00014fe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FE4 10900 bytes
SHA-256: b510f7cc5d429bed2f242fe72d8086fd47512e2d7a5f5f2e1827e8f2cf40a083