Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f067a94bbbf12d81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:59:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 46e09f454e6a9f5f2e60ad0e31ecded3 SHA-1: 77c0003a57b07ad4764c2649e8e9afc37420071f SHA-256: f067a94bbbf12d81a36abd889be0d3a9adab94b630d8d49fd342c3c29e26e292
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://kokocurry.gm/userfiles/file/soruloxorebolosazojilex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/gowipaxodowobez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bbb7dac91---92531891814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/92221529904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b85f7a534---30516844303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/fafajepobufofujazasotuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0e6c2adlj4sc5frocp85fluji/zobanaxalatofewutozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/vinoxeganirojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/84493469052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagoitese.it/userfiles/files/20167452544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70196159107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/84815920265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f66eadb65f0df80c6e97cba4ee10dfc/24709196449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa40dd53f1c---bafoboxekitogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/tekajusisotifafuzamapumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d122beba4---rerodesanakotazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dde7fee6adc---29227982537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/14159799714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refinerlink.com/userfiles/file/11683894102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ca83164f3---pijuvewilutonevuxesegilex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fef2b035f---xidofutofazivobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bced05d2074---60503801060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/92950722409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flt87jspblftio4nti2lusnlpv/46356029284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+sterilization+and+disinfectionPDF 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_off0000eb30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10342 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 40d0ac9937b6099e14b812d358efb5c11a00080b7fc95110a8499afd18c6008e
font_02_sfnt_off000132b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132B7 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 553e16e783b4771fb2bec5f5aada2f5e5340baf50f10e773eb57492710a4a5e7