Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05a40cef1070e673…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:17:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 88c6522c174948f7e4dfd1d9b2630776 SHA-1: 3c8431788d38fa704bceb7e0f9b5b1ce16037c93 SHA-256: 05a40cef1070e673c6d4d042db265431195ce3048259d0ac33e23884e769b455
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/83967932649.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f512492fea885655ae1bbe861456268f/nasaxoxanamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ea2b0adae6256cc7cda6fb86c446a11/zijivolesekunarorawigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladachess.ru/userfiles/file/90571390985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f00df315bb615f899bcf9d9461ded7/6803573818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/sibowabebejeladowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59a616f8b0---sajiredusosefotuxomuruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bdb74c66a1d4c914598e89bb18f4332/81678665677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/supenazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uat-tunisia.com/userfiles/file/38295614832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/30736476504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21615445793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugabimulexugovoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/doxewimosuzibeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetebelejagobunogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lu5ru7n97mvndbb6u1d6ve66v/11273011710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/82813587180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6809f495831c3892da0ee292bb5b4f10/bamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/69819193183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d645aee151466b0b8995e2bbe7f07f/xabemoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/56431049971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/15630398283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dtechgroup.com/uploads/image/files/sedidikalumosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/6034029531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=basic+english+alphabet+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d1e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F8 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 3ccc62da306e3695a0e2db5947b1ede0c0defb7fcee91a66fc3c5afa123ee621
font_02_sfnt_off00011874.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11874 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 7b0ceb997b264266a54d0288e2a9f265fb08a8d02b597eb057c8afd732ce90ef