Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a12816409d30f90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:22:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c02b3df4bd19036497512ca65caea33c SHA-1: b14b37d03f04d7d1a9a7f5552b84f693bddc0731 SHA-256: 0a12816409d30f9008bd54a994469dc362985cf0cfa6aecd10b1204e4fa910bd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, designed to lead users to external URLs. One such URL is http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/63124271405.pdf, which is flagged as a random link. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=poe+winds+of+change PDF link annotation
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146443eeb012---wuwowajubede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangmeideyiliao.com/uploadfile/file///2021090623051199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/bafemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907090610110897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.org/contents/files/dudamakavobadonezepijoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/35096424229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/63124271405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210905041218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debnine.net/UserFiles/File/mixajalipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexxeopaint.com/upload/files/70413099099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henzefashion.com/userfiles/file/18297231808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/20045729029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56697356054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/85762881332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/44453971080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/23153935424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161495af745ec6---dojenomojamivorumidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40860186822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b430f59ed4201e0adb596bce57b8201f/jidowajipofabawewivewuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sallytour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210921_C85FAA77D2CD332B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safufomisobote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/xisosifara.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_off0000d6f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F0 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 38388e624a8fffbcc39dc482b42979821dc9127289d4c43e15aad44cead3655b
font_01_sfnt_off0000eef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF2 19032 bytes
SHA-256: c483275efc9b72aca0e625d3797b5adc4e3f833712d6cf57ca9a6b233dba7516
font_02_sfnt_off00012079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12079 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1