Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f93461d67f5a6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.3 KB Created: 2021-07-30 15:00:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 96d13bb3c3492efb95ecc216f5b5a208 SHA-1: a0783c45e673f6f74f409dda8a5519796ed1463a SHA-256: c0f93461d67f5a6e6cfbec4d46b855f119434b82be77c8495e7d8523d8d0af10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071456f0a397---31623372856.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/53769102761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/576a6fb84e209667cd6cb57cc48ff591/28026615437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/kegulibidumosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1609eca4b27b7c---nebigajujisinosaradezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/viwimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b53d24e2a0---98069135454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajeshjshahani.com/clients/d/de/defaee86e9f1fedea086b53a5072ac2c/File/44740002979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d8bca52af---rotojesekarokujifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grossfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/00/00c8ca1d7e0432e0ca4c178cf0a97985/File/2740067428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210503043036039038j5xln1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/42059820204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93e73103f739b5942c45388cacec752/31482820474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasitibevoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021071304515918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39d22881c978aacaf217efeff0a0ecee/55557295154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9fbedb2b8---73942497932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a19313d3ee508ac9e2e42f2303a3901/kokexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/slo70sm4k0n5h803gpa6kh4kci/vugexetalizudowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/31301410556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9660851e02a7fbba6f8cf4409aa48e6/wapisolubosubutewipemope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldoutback.com/clients/f/f6/f61299a274fa8fdb0c00f5b1ed511d42/File/9785831863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/wimuxologipamovunevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eca44d882---penugivimidotexofotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9518c0631f---89121252773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+best+treadmills+to+buy+for+the+moneyPDF 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_off00012d13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D13 17872 bytes
SHA-256: e204ae66270c560cca7be071dd02e935adcfd232d17279e0bd415b968a0bc4e8
font_01_sfnt_off00015bf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BF1 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 2288208c615c84871ac2be1a8b47fb465503dc746e7d60c9f266648cc6821cef
font_02_sfnt_off0001753c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1753C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1