Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0da5a77c0ba904c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:31:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7fb53fde6182959a9f3ea8442e1654d2 SHA-1: f3439e241946cc293748ffc3ee71731cf65e82a5 SHA-256: 0da5a77c0ba904c0ed96c9390b8747837c1603457913936534e6d4c228dfb827
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it functions as a link farm, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chromoink.com/updates/file/92517621270.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/nivetikunibegunulora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5b4t9qbbnnjah45rmk1jaosd5/4048805901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5beb4815e6---4349782628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaonhaphatphap.com/images/uploads/files/nitejekolavanepenozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295744d733c10e1e77464a80b5ffe83c/meveberunulumivedaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64657431329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725c3e9a440---vadategu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9hlcfa9p8pgqhnuplre1ai4mlp/sidesavijawipotebunajiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3740261b23fdbb1a5b0c3b4726a26456/24863658603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f5b98d717dbcc92c9b3e4d5603a37a/39458034262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722cae96a0c---29721110649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c3c99a54ffe---lexegafiluzilagudelasagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa13ba6e64---85658081755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c0c5689ea0c3346d93da6b5b4d51eb8/24392367679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.com/E/file/41580613168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cffd150db1---tumozofalowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uausfj874kri4s50ku8ph90ff2/jawakuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/boriwivorupugapasopuboful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/meseloxurularowififenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gidaero.com/upload/fckeditor/file/47833093646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hc04n0rtb305qphup846ddvmoe/96586958209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/51146383777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/ligosijerixovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexi-cms.com/uploads/file/57823874012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+generation+of+computer+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_off0000e714.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE714 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 3d432cc7a9e95cb9abfa6324518010ad4c13e1d0991c255b9451de158453bfa3
font_01_sfnt_off000116ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CA 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 15c3ec2e9ea9881b029e3483b29b7211235f7e73a905155f902fcb687e22b1be
font_02_sfnt_off00012faa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1