Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0032eba3e9d7ae0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fcfe3d1876f08502f414312c9ea640e7 SHA-1: 5028bd1db67ac5517c08edc55bd0dcaeb187eb7b SHA-256: a0032eba3e9d7ae01aa11704fb7359e83950f297a86b18308b5be05458a16cfb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malicious content delivery attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dublin+city+street+map+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/79952468348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210528_46AC42C5AAD81812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/25584371388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jindi2010.com/uploadfile/files/jurupinarojojaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c4432d465---bizepevototajekovesijemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/87841112129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5766aebf93---lewofuzosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c92fe8d67---derafobarufujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/5882811340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/168dff722a9c76e426fecae9e865190e/75631769103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/628eb9ffa808b12a06d2b6518e9c52c4/6242970770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/powagizapetujazokanenine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/rufodewanomamigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d13bba02176542c39b18157e4b2480e/55291487329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bb53853cb---92351602901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poxobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/24448015008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/67268886077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fffdc0b6b6---31646771596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidebupemiwaxonijamadeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d1922d602---wijuvesamumixujibunagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/sozamiwigugexodumilidesas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivug.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_off0000dc40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF457 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 509f921d48abbe1335a69b6bc2dced1d313c598d04377bf779e7407e7e4364a0
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC5 18816 bytes
SHA-256: ef8d0fed010dee88dd0e52e2bc9432d284d657c034550986edef111b49b4432e