Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0b9b3b7e525e1c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:57:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a848c8fdc7b24f78815c9581b09e4c16 SHA-1: b75edde03cbe25d124b008f78f875de3592566cc SHA-256: c0b9b3b7e525e1c80d2a80f3c52cb7a19183ff3c62d76ec74d846d0dc56795d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely attempts to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect the user to malicious sites, as evidenced by the numerous external URLs found, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The primary goal appears to be phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://boisehighclassof1965.com/clients/879780/File/79378359306.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lrifer0hse7uabqbg8scn8jok/magonuzamobifuweme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/86231162620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9021b07f5f---81214974038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/81179970980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608165024fbf8---10385703369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9b53f0be6259cd1d1700863a00ad75/wufugima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/27079536872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e4e999e848---jotuxozasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/zagefololavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3937f5934c6e66c4d5894454da490762/6738022449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memphiscentral1969.com/clients/865565/File/vojajedoxebanujovusukete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/dedisonifejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/zupamevajoten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/monuviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8024ca9dc6---27197242630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7f4156b21---desivawerekavejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/64145681846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cadc144a212---51385846324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ninda.vn/userfiles/files/lalajori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/lasowejemuxijakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/jomove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/wirevelewoderezowuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dynamo+motor+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_off0000b522.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB522 15992 bytes
SHA-256: 30bbac1bd4ec5f84d6ac6cf2929dad9c420f872438fa543bd9290585e523f0bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF576 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 897ed728e930fd12bafcd84abcf9aa71b73c6d650fcc712f49da8086da1dc2f2

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