Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0b428779cc5d76c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:21:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4b16e31b23cbf286776d075808e3d2e5 SHA-1: cff7cee2a06b02dbe4fbd1f6e0b6ad11add498d8 SHA-256: f0b428779cc5d76c260285d70c64fe9f1e015d4591354878fa06d000f6155d8b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics, including embedded JavaScript and PRC/3D content, and a critical ClamAV detection for a phishing trojan. The ML classifier also returned a high probability of maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely for exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • PRC/3D content in PDF high CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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://begili.com/uploads/image/files/11046892156.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/76301722285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46496265441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhmedia.com/uploads/files/vobepasazefinofeles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/75735976292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/nosavadewida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc95eb0660c---podepuxati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ed25c7113---25905672103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/mepaginixufun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26a17946cc---46905817800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a52f33314addc2af022ad6d4d9f8651/lagabalukopobiladinela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762496e9c80---xefefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaldizzone.com/userfiles/files/83077217691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/31587422344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/timedunobuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxenirerajonubekedat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703dcf32be8---gepufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/fetarekizomavewaxoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dca65a134e2ddeea8f4596803bc951f/lovafenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c50d0ab87---zibuduxeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienhoanghean.com/upload/ck/files/vebajano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujodegorovide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d58b279902---gugoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69705823089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be5c261920---pabizadudelalojufuvumunis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cutepdf+writer+windows+7+64+bitPDF 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_off0000e5f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F0 18624 bytes
SHA-256: 297b4a4994cfdb597807f951a3dfec01d255689b5de0dd6494a8157db0545dca
font_01_sfnt_off00011505.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11505 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D1C 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 79beafac1f0513d9385e90a4e6f18d3634bcab00b8929eea1e31d0b08676eacf