Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a3861462bd95878…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-22 15:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ce747aa7e476edc0982f86e80cafc377 SHA-1: 8fda22dbc16f1b7524e0f85132bfb7928e94fb6c SHA-256: 0a3861462bd9587846f0e8b1931007062d5c2f3e44ae092e37ae318588184e64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

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 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://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/24039560137.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kemnhapkhau.com/upload/files/wexekanipufaxasejivamifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://membermimpi.com/contents/files/2975669154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135435875c76---38007123870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43398388729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefulejupokujefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73238577799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecnoservizi.com/userfiles/files/70314879754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/38315157776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614139e4d38ef---gatabexojeguxirufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textmakareknutsson.se/upload/image/foniruvogakaxamujowil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gartenstadt-apotheke.com/userfiles/file/gagiwimujosegupanaxajabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khlongtoei-nfe.com/library/userfiles/file/regumimifuvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motanalixomabubekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/tesusutopazimuragove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/zimimuposinonijiromaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alemarferries.alemarsnp.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7456443537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c77b1f846---8067739727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosung-gulf.com/uploads/file/fajetojidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hon-ro.hu/userfiles/files/tikebuvudumofoveziwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c76278ec21a7b78179fffb162dcb9d1/zejalinapufavazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=camera+cache+androidPDF link annotation
    • https://easyown.ddproperty.com/datas/files/70335858414.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_off0000daf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF5 10352 bytes
SHA-256: fc27dc6671658f7b01d672595ad665a78ff9266bd800afaf4bb31efd3ae6b293
font_01_sfnt_off0000f20f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20F 17704 bytes
SHA-256: f9907947a4c67590d2a0654a81c3d03e53b85658940d1e217891f6140085eac5
font_02_sfnt_off00011f6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1