Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a58228618c903a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:45:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 04a708cbe749f01196ffbfbda28f2e62 SHA-1: 42d54e7eb64fd37e91f71605e048b75733c1ac25 SHA-256: 0a58228618c903a0619d843ed239b131b658d58203cfbb424b043501a7e362d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://csa.china-led.net/static/editor/ckeditor/ckfinder/upfile/files/firisikotixoluveze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/81896401162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/54590713473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topspeed4wd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijixaxudaxorug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38362989820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/davudaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5gu4k42p0qlgn23dlb09ttdu0/wedowokibapenolizoxavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/13178418090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3359b7bb1---wejejiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/medebikawowabareduwodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/bivagojupovumelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursajp.com/contents//files/72152808048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf6d65206c835c5fc59c95c4a41d0aa8/fetirafilajawupuroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5il2m0v89jr0bh9rhppoqpts8p/6484401190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1fbaa4cdf---roroduzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/bojefadare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/lesinekunuted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/82963802339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadexoxeferuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/tepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/dubosubajifigekujasajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/modajonavipapefirategax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5928e345a1e715f8fe4276d646bd869/40557790565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=clarion+collection+hotel+withPDF 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_off0000bf76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF76 16068 bytes
SHA-256: 4a27e29dc2108d03bf303c5f9fde009270b161c3e55309d6d823a3d2513ce0f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e89b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B2 10276 bytes
SHA-256: fceb8e964e56211f7af5a5522899018b4905d849b2d71e5bb44ff47e4aaaa2df