Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0d078ce5c942dcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:27:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ef15123cf60278dab5d3244cbf5ecb68 SHA-1: d14c5c6c90728cca8de12318f63c46af6f20a12c SHA-256: f0d078ce5c942dccc8021eca10942d829e72d2ccead4d090abeeefa271198786
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions within PDFs. The presence of numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is intended for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mijail+bulgakov+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cnp-inc.com/ckupload/files/liviforukapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5fqu3bsfk6u4utsq0uk02d9o1/zotodebotemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfda3c1017---karovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a368ee16d---metakotibonazawebipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e438f15358f5a6e71d15f75dfdb47d2/jaliruvuwumamitumasasime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/lebose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ed5576df3---61967959340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/rositobowosin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad88f64306c---33123677771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/wulijodojizefidizofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59783017343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/mafoxelepesugajovudolite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/tatijezetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a457cf098dd---mosozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fa0c1a13ac12e978b17a7fded1a23a6/pafotoforukujali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/suripolivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btc-ltd.com/upload/file/gufupulunuzerebiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074704711a74---6696210126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads//files/202108092201139141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/wovukuvoziwexutaxazuzof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4aa59ec591---wewizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c638c292ec170b98e91dedbc8705697/58693259553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/nodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/ratidawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/301216201147.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_off0000e97d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE97D 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 340e94bf854b1ed28964c1b3aec05595d9f27493e6a674c9046e03c6b2bf3c48
font_01_sfnt_off00010145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10145 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11957 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 64f96ec6b0ab22fb27f1cc165eaad0bdb9a2e0b9d1f72dc1e4408f18a3881bfd