Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0b50365229941ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:02:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c91f23d242d55eb7f7506d6988e38c15 SHA-1: 0b3ebf34800c2f7501d793b247b188ddc6df3a29 SHA-256: c0b50365229941ea41ba957406ab1f706f463ac5c1c1ee763cdf0a078892f950
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential for malicious actions beyond simple redirection. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://icsbc.ru/fuploader/file/dozisivapunofakurowasejo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/jivedezawigoruwosawejuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/sewotesorogolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramnyca.info/img/upload/editor/file/gusikuxisakoxetajalubedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/sinavebusez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10695335631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumsevens.com/images/file/74210540100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324318b8e8b---xewulumefujemefamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estudiowebcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logimadilakaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37037452334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/wolukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudikom.pl/userfiles/file/61164482396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16080315246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/nugabekixojadalivugobawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/lonilumelasetuwepabevot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayersoffice.com/userfiles/file/27401829050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323899116d1---pebajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanhaochemical.com/uploads/files/46534786614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0ffo0qf9npbjr0qkflr3d68uv/51100937810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c15a0497580a91eccfac8990d9f7189/supesejep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoumi.jp/upload/file/25733010565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/19228341703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56758803024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/nipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitiketivatabojadefukuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/jubomidofebunedetili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=traffic+rider+hack+iphonePDF 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_off0000b99a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB99A 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 1d228b71384ffde98b0383585d4f52baf60152a130a6e693c237ecf0abe48d2f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF5 10460 bytes
SHA-256: ee25cda76f3f7ff96eb9b3cc8ce4cec18138a337c636e672b249e8435611bcf1