Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a4241e722b2b99a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:33:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f5d42e753dd149faff165fd673d3ed7c SHA-1: a40322a61063f2fdeebcdbc00815fb9c7cd78f0f SHA-256: 0a4241e722b2b99acdd4a70242b9d9908d193d735716ed0779e359bd16e411a4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further malicious content. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, pointing towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/fusirilovur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/fexugirafafatemafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/19351716317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82cb1e94ba20ac039567dc2340ed160c/73988093528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/46195161756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/69538270110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/29651873868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210530040126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkkledingverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/12460110617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2a7881f40---99919134012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nodibapogufezigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc54b126b63d073ce1061a57f9f6f7ca/45903414886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9712b6b87373758a30490e07f60e4612/4272660264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gico.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwasufoguforif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokukijatujuviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6e53a694639c9b96f60b0db74c105d8/91761778097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/80105174074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56272dc6b7---61195620445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/fisatukojipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e2d356cbf---23787926362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/10775609014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/vajileleteburixeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/xurotanamogiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=average+rate+of+change+word+problems+worksheetPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD920 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 4361261659a84cdf737e8e0b5521d2b0fde90ad07b1b178d327b9d62e82b4259
font_01_sfnt_off00010495.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10495 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAC 11340 bytes
SHA-256: fa079ea1801ad9211dfa65be12dfaec609b946dc1ac2a00547d1584575003232