Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc0c14065c691cd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:00:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: c8af52b871cb24ad7cc2dfe77a4f8a0b SHA-1: ad3d7ba345362be550cb43deec55bfa6db8e76f1 SHA-256: dc0c14065c691cd379347f766228db6dc3f6aba23e8cdd64fdfb2d1bfa97e64f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further payloads. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for obfuscating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba4c4d6400c016124fe682e2dcb633c4/pegixonazewewerejajawoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f3a029f05e66470b95bc2b6752f8d3d/20075487908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/porutamalefemenukedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/somibitumetoxilela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/semanefuwotugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rewibotidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkfki48i7cht2dpjeslkhodo20/kalanofamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/26602493990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/wefujumomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/susoviluselakegumawotova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4894521627349b4394e24121f28405/ligunitubasogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/bofujanukisetagijiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/vukupilagozewoteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c736b18fc---67405953908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/jexajegogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dbpgv8mt0poeda5id4nj2vifm/lopizebevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/kotapejuzuguwimuratemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5993ab6760---lewadasoxidofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf1876351af---xabakakadisajutoleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/tiwofekopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/21576760399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/masefera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/15605574745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=busonid+50+bula+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_off0000ef81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF81 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 1644634973b44ed5ca82d5619785f5a6466c0db073476d79289dafc0b10b7da4
font_01_sfnt_off000107f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F6 18360 bytes
SHA-256: d57bb31ae27597a4f9495ad92611592da221053887ebea17871f8fca6c72f645
font_02_sfnt_off00013837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13837 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1