Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a91488242441f1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:02:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3253951b6a02585c6000476e9e1f3730 SHA-1: 22fdfd3ecd302f0dd545117a3f3e91c21a469d9b SHA-256: 0a91488242441f1f83ecba3a24810e32f135174aa5fcfe70387c33232486d804
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samarkand+in+which+country PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3979ca185---34731799633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78c635ac56e3ea41cffc46308661174f/kevitutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdjst6o9pqveloljh28g6c65g3/tosajomiropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/wapapujowojagamoken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b587e13e4d---18582335050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/55004778829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/95150195033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607714d6973d2---46191413722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8193f2027c2a29d7ca3ac091ee9b77e/55253685139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qke2mn9td44cpeg3qjjb363rg7/41489433925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36198185886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3060730f9548d9e95d7176a1e89efb/57912736406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aebbb27599919eb3c399416e84666aca/43186194405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/xexifunade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/likiperugezakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0377a25a9---diverimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/58849593510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverwayshipping.com/userfiles/file/duvoxaxavaluragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/10953686371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c926096db14---64381706081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e0c9ae00fa---juralilegejevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6fef45c93---domumuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a570aa92aeb---40281176405.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001169c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1169C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EAE 20424 bytes
SHA-256: a86aa8c3b0e417ee66f07bff3e1102a72cb83c1796028e1e3000be522cd7d6af
font_02_sfnt_off00016343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16343 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 9c53039036a6f0defa89bb48bbfcd2d5eb2a627be620335e5508503b8a776296
font_03_sfnt_off00017c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C05 10756 bytes
SHA-256: b4217e6c06e46c158fb5fa6bb1b638a74a49e734f56d771b5538842a4ef8215a