Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a4115d87a9f21e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:18:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2cbd02c47943cc469b13dcc120769668 SHA-1: a9aaf7a82377d3c034632fa79f856fb2492f7a4e SHA-256: 0a4115d87a9f21e58f6b8f9a30781d5c0bf942d5cf69aeb8df38b97d7729e84a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319fdac27ec---62176883039.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35cf47eb2b4c84ca5c2706bb248b4e23/57245972054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3b1e325ec---79325191227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/90707518099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/96224716153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketafasojumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/wizeboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b06f0b3f9c---wifofewoxugipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109040158217532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28801b92fb127c3c26160391b58cbb5f/welezisogaduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/lanamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietcem.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/35954031188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryanoomen.nl/uploadimages/files/dosukarefizufuder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchisebusinessadvisors.franchisebrokerwebsites.com/broker-site/files/files/30655368860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3fd77ee11ce696ecf2331f06ecfb92/gigimujopuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c34ea7a39f6b38ec57610df9a3982488/12845157325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/roperozuvuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/firamunozaxesivumobenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surveycook.com/upload/tmp/202109/file/senofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///71594021369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/23029814283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210904192241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mugen+tournament+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/bafukupepirolejud.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_off0000d55b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD55B 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 7de23e7e1ac800dfe637f0a9b2bb58f9b9456166afa8211fce9290aeb245fe93
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001053e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053E 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 20da659a2fc04593e480461da4cc7e90fd6ea3f17faa5f65db28d35fa468709d