Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95a1a7e23ad7e3ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 00:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 44e83bc2994fa3dc113bb52e5d4b6218 SHA-1: 1a370756336694f96a0e2e3490fd382bedb6ace1 SHA-256: 95a1a7e23ad7e3ba17f222cc36e17097bb41e6e70b6fee6f2249b9f796dd4365
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to download further malicious content, as indicated by the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://mrbossamktown.com/uploads/files/sewolazovurota.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e387e384ea0ad1f09860472305529ba/xafeninimakotafusadugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbfljr5hh8i215aaocmabqe9t4/42518230037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d572a6ce3e4b332742a31b79d6c404c0/70377196246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924ed93c038---26155335290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755a89b5f90---65504622735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4c283ace0---33584818308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/luxiwubizubajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/lewelimedegegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aardbeienfeesten.nl/uploadimages/files/12650323232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/widuluzapimuxisulomakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qu2oks34gb9jikd9k6h39l2lno/kufaxadukebugipudoguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19b98af35a---83518539371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ki6mf0a9qsnh01ntojj38jsi2/30321745989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/60226076503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/gakilitazigibubatusufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7610336926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab60b1cca564dcdbd2414b8cf840e60f/bonekotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crhbp85vjs78rsdd951pgb687s/nanibigatej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uemnl6lh39dgq0qkoevdqjq1o2/tusunigefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a2cd818f7---jetazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=1995+ford+mustang+5.0+firing+orderPDF 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_off0000e2db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2DB 16692 bytes
SHA-256: e0f1e92589887dbf9f5a65b28e049553a926af23c60bbd1b82d07a5f0880272f
font_01_sfnt_off00010e83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001269a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269A 11196 bytes
SHA-256: d206600106aaded40b86561de29971c09c9647fd8bd792150dec89f20336818e