Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aa81c5e5f613091…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-07-21 23:51:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b4266ec390d602d174366ed7f288674a SHA-1: d614d8ae639d7c4a214cbaa3388833b696760cc4 SHA-256: 0aa81c5e5f613091494f0068de47ece2cf7de298475abd1c8d879a899167c9c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The PDF also contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/66142204641.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9rkludlssi3an3n2tupdaj08n/nixipamupuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/14063403646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f79f3ead04a93d9b482fe94abf0b1b8/80333933363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607711e8619c7---sipozobikekuruvofokunewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f815ab2d4fa9758689326744495a8fe1/71751002249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavikanajum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608589dd5705b---tofexojukavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/sojivatijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/57723759986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagiwivizabutipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cs3moetf3r34prln8gvtmmk14/38558324604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4ab1d583ccf87294f3b2591558b1c16/wutamunizisazitodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/62877316274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/pepabumuzinixemusenazili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/49992092557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c987df2211---gamuwifabuvurekubajokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents//files/fitolagasutivofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905ab0b8319---kofavekosomomapoxogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/pubawebovaberetopisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed2c7c4a4e9---75193742797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/buzirejega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbfb72e866---3704941365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/zinarodajexizemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22vcr7pd9mk6l96osuktt423e6/jogilibozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunjewelsonline.com/userfiles/file/xorufasapasewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=i+really+apologize+for+the+delayPDF 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_off00010f07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001271e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271E 10628 bytes
SHA-256: b7f8233cd6133d680c0fe33010e7d00407ab48a225be89e89942e06611ee27a9
font_02_sfnt_off00013f58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F58 18596 bytes
SHA-256: e6dd74b0f1db5f2569c7e889290824043e2fe736b83b5ad88ebee3172d8579e2