Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0017f083d05722f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:19:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 537dc81ab5b2a7e82009b07b843c3ecf SHA-1: 98109f1c2428a7664595cadbd227bd9a91b3f4db SHA-256: a0017f083d05722ff1b69830f514e02a774a7171c2574ab09a547f19cdb77d5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised domains, likely to host phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210506104316.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611383a7d8b99---73925918793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c4d52751592962feeb0898f6bfbee0/54658011834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/284fe72307696c8cd94a12812655718c/nibegebekegunubetonipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/21111031177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e37b760ae13---tozozufumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d4a07619b3---vogeseleroxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b590b80f418---37262431258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogaarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/46542690336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khyljg.com/uploadfiles/files/wabugotovulufugugebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/zabidutatiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ae398c0fa---purejuzugajix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091678b24902---wozogafudelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68dd0ghlng8h5flg8mjosok810/zumuxiniribidarop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/73382864434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/32790161275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/doperesolurawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1b216b8067---72166138868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/7387300670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/fixigifesumupukizekipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventcompany.org/clients/e/e3/e30ef11cf4efe639fe6592aa37b9cb94/File/masikufuwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/99483328545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistys.com/userfiles/file/29682906985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=riddles+on+love+with+answersPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e51a1b08899c02416d40fa441e60db60/45567805.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_off0000f204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF204 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 34f024f6a1e9ecb78183167bb0b285b54fc9f41d4147643e412291d52bf68203
font_01_sfnt_off00011f2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013741.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13741 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 6a1f5627cae449722557e9c58a82995e7f40a4997a967fc583da90fd7488d933