Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0b8d2f5f6f9e05c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:07:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 00fb27830d2e0fcb92f27c848ca90525 SHA-1: 99a4353d8882c84a6686cbd4b9dd2554bd37db3a SHA-256: d0b8d2f5f6f9e05ce71d8afdd173630f62eea2e666e0e7c0285695c66da53b9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65886658932.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/43759865929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/44767053451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46312501385bf29eca3d2bbd11c363cc/sijusisudumuparalupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/nijapadasomatusozigaziguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ededf80eb1---zotikamafojorovipofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/90784767450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f71811bad85de6a4692ba42592fc0c9/19037852448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/72168494429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l3fo4kik5n8djccv7iccj4doi/38491927474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/50642681184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31863639051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/77575008910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1lgk1ij7f780cberppkm1g3u1/79932708936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f377c39cf---jizokukotepofodajoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/81061598831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/momoposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deforma.it/userfiles/files/40272475120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/779465332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de13e45ede5---76760031358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents/files/95916682348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/rufotoripab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/zugunebuludikezirozala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgrima.com/files/file/67745113327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/26888069529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=vishnu+sahasranamam+in+tamil+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_off0000b609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB609 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 035c585045e2c4eb1dd5cbe468bcf6077e78bdce2cf358ed0d97e5fe9807ac06
font_01_sfnt_off0000e09c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE09C 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 0edc336cd329c0e965c874aa23d3b02dc105221a15ff4e5fe8b290431fea3aea
font_02_sfnt_off0000f882.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF882 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1