Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a544dd5b3bf8631…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 22:21:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 042a52c6382c8b706730e55dacd613cd SHA-1: fa3e5587a6dd9fbd03bd83e985ba26175b8e4eb0 SHA-256: 0a544dd5b3bf86316f426780d5190c15b81217ad8b75295838a5b74be48dea7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+mobile+app+download PDF link annotation
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/fujejajubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/210918144359454431cx2ja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fpcofmacon.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bitozomumifepotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/106729115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomeverax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/revafozuxuvakenal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/94208664448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anais.terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/50763243912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parlagame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/43470204039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/pesixovamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6ev24far9v27ndvmujtark7f5/12261947955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210910093836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/nilerajovewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c667e57b20d63b6f091aa4618412ed9f/18762534656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3f081e686---zomawujibulamisokasadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f077874371---33619556670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408df6d2991---remizeniwolage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/50356670072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.com/userfiles/files/86659104011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f3f33e221325b7704f60bfd4db1380/xebejoxiruvasojomuripagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/81148989225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asken.as/bilder/file/3532939333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109190823429443.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_off0000e007.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE007 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f81e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF81E 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 08bacf4196aa5e2a5286d96c8bdabe4fcc36e855d75435e0cfcf8a9f5d3a64c9
font_02_sfnt_off00011011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11011 17924 bytes
SHA-256: b8b71013b99d3838759e0163a84398901c4101f793ed83664b8f8ada46b72db7