Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a8f5ad4c9803580…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:10:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 344f0a12078c5897a3b5abbbaac9c309 SHA-1: ecac8e181a9b7e43781e28cee1df0042fb847442 SHA-256: 0a8f5ad4c98035802ab7af0e80d18b9a5460e520da82e5785c2976c132a7e924
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The embedded JavaScript stream and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further support a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites via these embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg8hnpv3bkkf33ekfe3g949ql8/84536016452.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/69610173661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59761289917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/toliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibconsulting.com/contents/files/tekeboto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buchtel1967.com/clients/26382/File/92964064961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607024375049a---fovumevifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5af4b20676---bokotejepagexumebinerere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210529172452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/sogikubuxuruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2n234o0konnrbiet596aq3vj31/jusaxipexepigogotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/92199477087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/logezupanotigilita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fdfdc8127df43a8ee30d9a79557fcad/46907146109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t92iiu8djopilhprp2jc370d6/nirodulolopojezomogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a39ec83c7b---41922072596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/788oeh1hsagm3tigsjobb097js/31862516648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9695f89f98609d745f5c2dfa2b50fe7c/4158884762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumosushingrill.com/uploads/files/betewekabikavidowilika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/sigoxovitojugivubiraru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/95671674207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/lefagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/kixekolupivavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7c94e6d3b67c16ff6b58c3d9140f050/25795163353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+insufficient+process+and+insufficient+service+of+processPDF 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_off00010b47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B47 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 294bb02002512b8cd478ee9e631007e73b49800cd33990d831fc33ccd7488edb
font_01_sfnt_off000124b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B7 18256 bytes
SHA-256: deb390d8b94b2cf38289ef694360b2f8c3633cc0ec65830f373f31e0526c2e17
font_02_sfnt_off000153c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1