Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0c93aec812894f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:56:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2d4b3ec3e36b4a06dfa8a2b6d63fcc38 SHA-1: 738606ecd964bfb82832021c70b9b215c6022cee SHA-256: f0c93aec812894f04629c36fe7d0f3c3a460afbf9a177b28be19647ae51a8e1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, potentially to download further payloads or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/pururojulipofasexu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/kizurifezevonidale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekopaczka.pl/imgbrama/files/44992933015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078654e3114e---japopekolagodimawiketewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/44555209323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/95235514333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis94.fr/img/pics/files/rimirukemojoziwikelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/75166627828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideas4mypool.com/userfiles/file/kiwoperajewomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucavolpicella.it/userfiles/files/34690202117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e942ccd34e---18867629098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/satasikukizozezuvamuwamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/70595692960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc2293ffaf---forefinafadelafukenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/47185248177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janatalnajaf.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/23037915730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/59176569864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c21bcb98b---dipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/vavil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/vakezeraleluvubezunesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/57330866428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc3c1218cbfb8594aa56a91f3d2b3ce3/pagapajajifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/tavasamilepijipujegidumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/16482236130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d050ac35f894ed05a8a4f7961faddec/ranofiwavubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/34689091418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=2015+chevy+equinox+infotainment+manualPDF 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_off0000e259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE259 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6B 19140 bytes
SHA-256: 21fc0af9facddbba6f774734e26ac2819ed61da9a0827b5a4d0091ece5c89203
font_02_sfnt_off00012c86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C86 11192 bytes
SHA-256: cf61cb1a25e4fcefa624ef2537318e9f867c521ef278f57f5566a32cd7dfbd0f