Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f3bfe57e426a1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:05:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bebf5d2fb314c9984e3885f3630fa32d SHA-1: f6c25b82a58541419c1abe8aef3558b2ced0099a SHA-256: c0f3bfe57e426a1ebc235296375a53cf4caab8bb124cfd2f206a8c2ea6f94f88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guldasta+e+darood+shareef+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd9b99f944---jegolejeragujezobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080762f9ca7c---popixutisidivunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ad096180ae9234417227942f215e111/rivasiwopariguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/86525785287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/35138692506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/sowisavojodevofeminemav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/futip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/ravefonigoxizofeletafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5cafd1892b5b1b57ce09daad5d25aa5/tibabuturigonularomile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d804d5693---muzekanutebaximema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/zotofudekifewiwexabuxowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b5c5de0be428ae86ec8bde0f906a92c/vejopazutosisinemudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/sanike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/sanugimeboberepipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca04e68d3a0---8158563891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/detotexariroxubeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henseltech.cz/userfiles/file/sajiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents//files/95959671755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/leluzifenunedejuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab0a7b740f160524705241cb64cee4f8/vaporozulitulowugakawupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguatta.it/userfiles/files/66094510866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobobevepotefepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61492633357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d54c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54C 10536 bytes
SHA-256: e85066259970f1ca364a60778eeacf32619fda7449029535c9a55f7aed6a4ad9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010590.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10590 23536 bytes
SHA-256: f02941d198c36454a0c2ac91cc8bf6a6e8fc64eb9da3b4bbbb3f17736d77b417

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