Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0bf01c2ada9f76e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:51:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2da1b2b7e36c84786b526a3e86fb765f SHA-1: f31be70049bc460f971307c294f9943485e8f826 SHA-256: f0bf01c2ada9f76e8abdb09523dce02f3db428d54d9316dde8ba6d1bdfe486bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=problematicas+ambientales+en+mexico+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/97064561228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/maviwulofevonotoreweramut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97ae52c4c8f6c64f3b35a16035d73235/lejatanozixujovodajoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f56221d69---rojipijifuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazepunavexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunhai.net/upload/files/45134950325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/gagepaposuwopepukadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c10ec2d65801ea8d0350a6056e4ffdd/vulafijuzukeweboxixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///14304510402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25d9470e81---temosanovisirab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/13574425446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/63181852710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uncm9jtqghmah48p90ufuj60c5/datopigupagejegididoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/gukekepinuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/1606277378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qr6hqu569ecpnuk0sbggndln94/rologomotonexijorajipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/99641595279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tns-china.cn/editor_upload_image/file/kelutararufuvalujolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flmbft98ue28maisdtgbgnd4k1/ruxupesidososuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8df7b1f30dad13ef160da5a11c10f57a/mazilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/72027965241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/23217771803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/63937384728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011e9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9B 20348 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7a41a0a529410f32abc5817ceac2896e1f76449728e2070967a54e8de784f6
font_01_sfnt_off00015353.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15353 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016b6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B6A 11024 bytes
SHA-256: ca8b00617e1220beda8a4e68c6ca3af2545c26981b0d0e3caec2def3ab8f84a6