Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a0f317c4cba0bf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-18 09:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6c8599b0023a5c312a88e7be86645c7d SHA-1: 242873fdc29ab3b25e80e33fa73bfec0fcdab8d1 SHA-256: 8a0f317c4cba0bf425c99497b1d0b9e69b9d389e4e4214d6a0fcb3784d3a28fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, reinforcing the phishing or SEO manipulation lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vizio+smart+tv+bluetooth+connection PDF link annotation
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92b8b774878549ae147f46f10dee7354/7239166184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080eb4aac7f6---9193635763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/kanamuraralilanakivupeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/88841408312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/xigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/67535054981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/62205691652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3b69c5834---83465083468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e18c44020b---64377505417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group.com/ci/userfiles/files/fukuditosaneguroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/xawubagaxitogola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/67116858677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/48113439721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbed4e6ddaa---9017077661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b3a647b455---viwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkewebseo.com/webroot/img/files/7521888582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe51vbl2mq75835t54255dm14rkc08t8/21595845187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94043206861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/xefepakaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607659914feb7---39325586027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607266f087c2b---24245171403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a93c37d48b7aa3c6b7d99289a2fcc1e2/zemexilemajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/puvewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/55440658979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolcezzecaffe.it/file/47584489841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3c55698508---91288483580.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A3 17376 bytes
SHA-256: f6ceb8237da6d0bac4efce0f30cfe9b5399402d1ba55aa180c077a8c8fe9c2ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010e89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A0 10828 bytes
SHA-256: ffb0b2a803ec9829fc1458b0e4471371070afa503815c44771ef708eef2e6228