Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0fe6e6e168d1afa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 19:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 82331a6e6bc678769779e875ef00dd41 SHA-1: 5f52e27f6e2e80918c22d868613b2ef5fc3390f8 SHA-256: f0fe6e6e168d1afa0ed4beb62806b08c443a6f78ec98000fdd2e54d54c6b78f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage legitimate infrastructure for malicious purposes. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/zaparofunewojupujipuxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf1747afa9---jesutovusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5glgplpf1e6douu3c97lfiqv0/14702105648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f84bee866---kiwifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truthtube.com/UserFiles/file/9845061451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/nutikisekupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0772d026a---60970015792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4352b0f515---nomewulazuzajifobevaneba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/55590105029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6d2efde6c1---92664448946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/31967766043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93872497695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/25243412056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33f79facee6ee86598499f2870df0bae/mimejorisisob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/44163564784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chretkinia.pl/userfiles/file/dolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowenilofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b39c1a00b---43543533178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4baf35b387---kirudilimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20f79d9ac3c3dcba69a558bf9eddf8f2/64894815561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/5781615667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3bd7b22d47e641bd622aca18932437/natatofezimogugezabovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ps+kalsi+spectroscopy+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000fadd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADD 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 3a74e4a6937f6cd33861608b599d496bd17c808d4b3d7172e98555d55d20f89d
font_01_sfnt_off0001272c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1272C 10904 bytes
SHA-256: a70ec4689ae9013b1b3d92a7f065420ba39d4b8dbfbb210a5ec49ddb2d852e65
font_02_sfnt_off000140a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1