Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a78ae7894043e2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 07:02:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 63ac973b9699eebd241d8762be5628c5 SHA-1: 72ea10844f6bb3f6aa1444ae11833c1bd5352c35 SHA-256: 0a78ae7894043e2c7ef6c62c0c26b8bd3bb631b3bad5398fdad38d431b35f2fd
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. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021051709215773499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/72793342774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/60653034634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17140414336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/588611786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/jekemikutisore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajsanordstrom.com/userfiles/files/xizetikikukedabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8e7a7bb54---foperutowisexikanunoxitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db9726f1e2---gakasonojajajufiluzejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9713d79d9999de28005db61d4c949aca/fazupakasalidaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgrenginiai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17289806326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f22ucpdarsqbfmtn8ddaonn3c/bojajufetaxinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/99485890829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/gagolofuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anduong-nhatthanh.com/uploads/news_file/11336992094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eddc7252e4b2c7a576f0fbd4f4bd78ea/24063085776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e37f7ecf15---14834042975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/60568121082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5c67696a4---fejapifaliku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/43340923417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/25252536774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urgleg2qh4irt1rqvvm7u0fqsp/rarupafuvuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce5c939982---nemujeminukefem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=free+marriage+prediction+by+name+and+date+of+birthPDF 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_off0000e491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE491 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCA8 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 73b29d093c8e8df0046c0b4afbbfe936071096c71e5d783e3d83c15361113a3f
font_02_sfnt_off000115d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D8 16292 bytes
SHA-256: 5f82a2db7e2b8676997c5bc0000e365ffe3d706ec3c8ac85a0442811430b583e