Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0870a4dc6ca0b838…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 00:27:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ca64b6c06e3b9f20aa888802e4b29d3e SHA-1: aa6995c421575d66bbccca71e81c2dcb37376225 SHA-256: 0870a4dc6ca0b838e1feefe274646692f1cdf82d88b5e52d20b693366df2e1f8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and a visual download button, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into downloading a second-stage payload. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, further support a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3307954235.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04hvfr8c64vnh82ocjioij78j6/51738524156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/46515987616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607414a132808---miwiluviluvanujeropux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/xokujibujakibala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/farek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helpibr.org/clients/f/fe/feaff840d005acecac0f151e8679c8db/File/xipabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/35510235106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elyriacatholic1970.com/clients/7/79/79c6984f8945646ae1b55d50a6b4dbab/File/valekewuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaldankinh.net/upload/files/39741128303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/866685e27e04aedcec6f9574fb09759a/vunazugafapufivimikefiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zuvozowofiwijuwawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/49710677484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41b29d0b01---mebat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7nl3hkm6rnbba17faujml10tl8/keparid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosaxinadogebapizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b39aa0c06224998d955b952f46d295a4/juditopuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whsclass1968.com/clients/f/f8/f849445bb2fb8f42e7c863050dc1ba38/File/56068575308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/lipijuxugutetojufadawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/47544254944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9c3ba44ab254513deff23ac6696a74f/tiwejoziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/fanesizalagumomurarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmepgk0rt08iqhp3508s9l4kdi/lujidebajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2ehns5klnbu4eudta1ml6mtsl/nuderivegovidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlkcn01vth5p02m0u40ntumuv6/77659182980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=physics+notes+for+class+11+pdf+free+download+fbisePDF 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_off0001010f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010F 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 119e6b696665a4541d735dd0215154a0af39ad34d2b0664e403ab88b921a01b1
font_01_sfnt_off00012cff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CFF 11108 bytes
SHA-256: b1dcde110159c5398b607a16f76e5813ec027e58b7f8eeb63379f95c8063b148
font_02_sfnt_off000146c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1