Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a0a9fd2edfed197…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:22:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 77772b5402463f26bc36a7dc6f1c91fb SHA-1: 4adbb8641b51d51790dbc0a88cf5131b42cbb0cb SHA-256: 5a0a9fd2edfed197c622469c1a122908d61d1fd370e586b8fbb07493a7f76a5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, including those hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, strongly indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support this, flagging the PDF as a phishing or trojan threat. The sample likely aims to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://sofupingame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/80134563970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/28118345337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khoahoc.timviec365.com/picturesfiles/53518613496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liladi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bc2000.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getdol.com/page_data/file/93092827967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckyfood.itweald.com/uploads/files/613c05af37308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lnk7gbbu39th7bn2iapohftiq0/44312562177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/kojemipoxiguzevirigukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/zanazusaripozunusalep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwudegeduwafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents/files/xudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bastola.org/userfiles/file/72198496007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellamy.tw/uploads/files/202109091757452177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff3f94fb46---454925145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukguwang.com/files/fckeditor/file/fojupokefumolupevobiwoxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvpbuilding.com/userfiles/file/nizidoxakajoziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://another-partner.morefriendship.com/upload/files/74724518138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210914122052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcdf1edd83---49544038038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/15377646319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/mimijuzowaziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98393708351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambiance-cinema.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4937e3a179ba4d352ea1333ba58140df/mujukuviwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/mexata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=research+methodology+mba+notesPDF 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_off0000c393.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC393 16640 bytes
SHA-256: ebd1f2fed07b00b63e2de512a39b5fa1eb7ea86a70d862ab388c5551f61c221c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE46 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 19eb46a4bf8c55387cfa84074c1c939fea7fa33f9307f890356dfca2d9894040
font_02_sfnt_off0001079f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1