Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a699aef189dfcf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-30 22:13:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f056b2e4c807bdadf5854511bf46a829 SHA-1: 0c9fd3bec086235407046adefb34ebf4ca5ddaa2 SHA-256: 0a699aef189dfcf8d872bd5075a3e9692c6d522b400916e84733da6b6425f69d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external resources, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://worldsocialistpartyindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58717244574.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f0fb014aa45ea58962b0918742e733/72267320384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18486553948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/gitudosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/magozenelunegubapivigaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/veborejizerejuzurujuxowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wenejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malinaionescu.ro/userfiles/file/27392754980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corianderedmonton.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foretagoledosaratatoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/47347557312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d2527bd7a---marejemizifogox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153f7d90bf7c---ledag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/17934577005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/nabanogubawonetomewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rancholasmonturaspremios.com/campannas/file/91370440597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reyazahmad.bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bozumukodibafepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7e940dfdfed33b2abfc235f95f625c7/bifulije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908145221439120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opgzvh.hr/upload/file/12569146505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neapol-m.ru/usr/file/soxelepapozurabuxineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210925_57E61C9EE2DCC217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pqhk1o7apjnk5nj7cgeodnfcp/19178071040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/53171188514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=best+movie+app+free+androidPDF 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_off0000b2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2AE 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 83d8d3f87f0e849f1c5e50904f5c8a960bc86daf9daad740a709b3df822b777a
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB66 15200 bytes
SHA-256: 629bbb6ad1ff97641253fa75ab7e57d6c3a160ec73211df31d73ce8054a1c45f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f15b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1