Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0da3e5425246383c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:54:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: cca333df7b4861e1ae452a7859f359e6 SHA-1: 1186832fa678525dc468cb3d1cecf5fff1b2cd17 SHA-256: 0da3e5425246383cb30eb13bef292b8b98c0b0d02b61e2ba13b2bbe4464ae03a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The primary purpose seems to be to redirect users to potentially malicious or phishing content hosted on these sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86914284416.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0cf37938c5308130ab93999e5f952c/monukujufirolirigovemonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736a9743aa4---49034800435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eeb2c4bc8c600f8eb7bc0aa3c5307db/sidat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d60d26b4a---bijonetujaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4af761fa3---89321010406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/82683175284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb25c2bef604072e7b4f878ae2e4ea4e/95166149175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/xojajutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/xetidawuzitagomivotilixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089daa1e1d4d---vejilusivupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce9779b71c6eed97b4258a2f6d4ad66/delanuvitokowosijaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739510cf0ae---10284566024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nsh69ouqppq39cmaibed4abd0/28226009016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9fab39f715e4771e411e4d0e66b76b9/96881496598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4227a5563---69034549526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf4200fa64---kunisikugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b28b8381ce---gaxavafodisipifogaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/40732108308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c13acf62b---7409438661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d72054e9991133e2646d6dde9b7e30/55727608018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06efbb1bc32f15328b2cf88fe17a9c1a/xefamufisagelidofomefoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/joponegogofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4086057963d2fb98d9dd8e0f0a69cdd3/39727189569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=iso+9000+standards+free+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000f518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF518 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 2b9ccc33c98f96b5176eb807fa0e933fd68b669b3a9042f93f5339032ba5a6e4
font_01_sfnt_off0001211e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013935.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13935 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 9b369565a66b81963bc05c83a5999b578bfebbd2187a4bec5ae20f9e98ec3392