Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a3020b722339673…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:52:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1217932555453c850b19ea20f43e5907 SHA-1: 97db2bdf6a277610edeaab5a79c783c2f3570559 SHA-256: 0a3020b722339673b1d778c65f1b7a3f96b3b25a12fc4d07d6149f3bc324958e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or spamming by directing users to potentially harmful websites. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+kernel+manager+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://tornyanggrace.com/upload/file/xaziwexuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/68303618608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/87571768283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/tofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartaksedlec.cz/spartaksedlec/userfiles/file/65197752126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-09-15-20-03-17-4cvU8XPD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distant-property.ru/fck_editor_files/files/jupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/40907524319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didimigabulusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/34581642406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webs123.com/userfiles/file/44110882950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m8ajp0tubauvvjol0vdr5qooh/26841165961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2080a8846---89834708854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/sepobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/wipufabudafawakalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f451166a7c00ce4befc4eea9b8555943/tidufagavagewilawaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/juwarasiponavokavames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stgeorgedentalcare.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapegapisifozukewomobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lev-steklo.ru/userfiles/file/66174885816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ef6da7381ae57ae437cae22c9812df/59838655293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phamtrangia.com/upload/files/95983594676.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_off0001044d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044D 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 2e456979778d2be05f1e1873420c0fd547329b76c88f1fb04be0aa2996960c8b
font_01_sfnt_off00011d25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D25 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 555bb15c0c17e9ae10411955194deb5c7a4c5ca054e2001774d8240cffdc310b
font_02_sfnt_off00014cd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1