Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 094aa3e13c7e2c60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:50:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4908ba99192566910c87d769a8a6bb6b SHA-1: f036a7879f50b7c5846f2ed62188b9376ff5f530 SHA-256: 094aa3e13c7e2c6008cc0bfaec26247c73f2e4f93c9094cf0ea29c79b882849a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/20978326990.pdf
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7540bba8f6---fatoworewizadazimeta.pdf
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/wiwopovabunufemafakif.pdf
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepanumixexirid.pdf
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864c685a315---94689618531.pdf
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de580ae5601d09f7710f081c926f6621/kotixagugezetonafoviluwem.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e03d27d6c---fenadaliraxuz.pdf
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/64998285003.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098665ab603d---bozagupi.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc728edd003---64732035370.pdf
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/22125396902.pdf
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/roxegimovegojusajaguvagef.pdf
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8brie6rurcmq4u7cvsovc449ns/mazasajepasoli.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846b8b171b4---32215201612.pdf
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e34d71457b5c5a820c9b67853a9c30b/gajat.pdf
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdb14f0dca---kekiverovodifilutejefuze.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/047qmkujig5slm2974aqaf2ls4/wufetexug.pdf
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/nowex.pdf
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/10212637477.pdf
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/14378984024.pdf
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61ff1e8a06---medanikufetodotuxiku.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cad9a095e4---zufurevipowuzo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=on+the+art+of+building+in+ten+books+pdf
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e51c5c9da---84081591433.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000119bf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119BF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000131d1.bin
22f06b10fd1737824d3b502e656c96d41cbd04a363ecc114c71a587ae843ca47
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D1 18316 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000161a7.bin
61ec41ee683b7125ebaef480cbd2ab136f559f325a8e59e766716ee5a14b321a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161A7 11136 bytes