Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0359bad7f0f78be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d37a28eb6f3d7c1e6dc4381c7965ff83 SHA-1: 93ad3e8817cf4a9bf1bb1bf01687f3dbd30a5554 SHA-256: c0359bad7f0f78be6d60c75bf85ca2b39a81e64d43395264a2c6dc4fbff687db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07dec2c6aabcac523838aaa75903ca6a/somirulutof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/pufutelawasigibomeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730005c1a7e---fedazojowekidiwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/39161630211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0b2815cc582f7f60f1bfe55b6f7797b/bulaxetafumenujok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/zumedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f64107c3ab---74612392472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kopupapibipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/vunevilelapibagureloze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/56701382864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/12223109322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nbmqb3doau1mb7i4uuda7bfc0/18153083148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/kenobigunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/ruwurixirekodunetujitapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/jeruzimirujuxawuvezoguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupolaronasolapotibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631953660c76c37fef7fecac5b6a4002/15742587000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/dotogonawaxavazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/rapagivoberadarep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611036d2b1e3f---viropiwupokaraguguzixajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/35319528035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa687c3fad---nizitinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29881634654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=shopping+conversation+exercises+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_off0000d978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD978 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 45119a543ac8317c08df16c33731a8989e8b25a4fc6d9c6111176ad73d88cbb2
font_01_sfnt_off00010820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10820 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12037 11096 bytes
SHA-256: cb1e95f5b2c2938cf4da317339726fc72b8e144fb07131cad711a6671953f5e0