Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f01ebcb015fc3da1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 23:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f1494b3b97c517862b440cf416b054de SHA-1: 60629a7ffca5742ad0fb8a64f775ca9fc8cae884 SHA-256: f01ebcb015fc3da1a078721ebab88247bfb4a5e013e14e24620d89d27c269f62
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites. The 'Fake CAPTCHA' heuristic indicates the document's primary purpose is to deceive the user into performing an action, likely to download a second-stage payload or lead them to a phishing page. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing this deceptive behavior or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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://citygclub.com/ckupload/files/25258049970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53761217687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/kuleziwijekujakapemisorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/dimarivotizetiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platcometals.com/images/file/68743483643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegorupenodopojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/18830518126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/futemuvozulodavope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392c86f0166---97875581987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/fapimulexekukezadudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8iu30k1uecnf5pqae9eo7oech1/sarolidirugigasuvemude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podwierzba.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95200018337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geraldinekilkelly.ie/54759947335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d2b23ff48---xosevitarikoxenokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/dovalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samafb.org/uploadfilefiles/gemuzizoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/93530000921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/xawikapezizuzodexunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/93528337222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/mepogejesazupemapawadibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phulieumaymacbaoco.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/92299643982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-acm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwojeziviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nm-union.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peniboxogosifabafabapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intersonik.eu/upload/files/83788881004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/sibepiketulevono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.info/file/fetotubibagidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/kusixazofoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+call+forwarding+on+androidPDF 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_off0000e47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE47F 17824 bytes
SHA-256: 1bcb37a7e712efa5935e1f031e4351ac34783e0fadc58f14ba53b1029183cf8a
font_01_sfnt_off00011337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11337 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 3254e8a2a1c11f5040b6ffcb8dad15f7bcdc4c05163512edbaba1597096931da
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1