Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0bc8f820d1a81d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:48:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0ec112e063cf8173cc1572e03c508717 SHA-1: f676104c15737dc4e6e85b6929c3e1e049811b99 SHA-256: e0bc8f820d1a81d1d3d2ce7a2fee19efdb9bce81921612c454903d7144f67d58
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 delivering malicious content. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevetugirejiduze.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210721055029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/80139935347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdi16e4m8u7mra3pele309ilf6/91636132995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasbelldescendants.com/clients/40432/File/sipulikubesojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d78c14e5f809577fc4963b1be74dab01/94710505793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazhonghua1688.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51473014029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/842a6e687ba28f9e8fc90fee614bb34d/13796879826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optimizecost.com/admin/ficheros_fckedit_subidos/70879766001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c89269ef94870ab73eeacff4f7b4dc8/kuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e1f3e2b4e---dexozerudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbfdfe001bf---83260377126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/3917315962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/96696838429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a98778f9bdd8e7154fccb919c7acf04/kanulosofopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de2377c3e79703ad9709a6b2180cf2c3/97781979805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulabenveniste.com/UserFiles/file/25828938810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/99942974363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/pobakeresojasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/5454575195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japunudidoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/mezasogefadepuzago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quadocdao.vn/uploads/files/lejafobavovabameworopora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makuxopamaremer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=verb+tenses+worksheet+for+grade+2PDF 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_off0000d32d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD32D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3F 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 39cdc572a7c5023aebddb74962cfcad59338361bf4bfcf0c1db4b86e7f7325f3
font_02_sfnt_off0001180e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180E 10904 bytes
SHA-256: bb69991384a26e03cad99e38f11a0e975694b80a8d60cfbdefd040ff4fc87c2c