Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0094f8c77ba700e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 10:07:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 616462f94c8ec2cb584e3743437c95da SHA-1: 8a239d31df761bc169c832b6b6c5ca2c0cf61c36 SHA-256: a0094f8c77ba700e9816a280a134af1c6bd6033c5366ccc858b10f949fcda3e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure the user to malicious content or download a secondary payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download or redirect.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=da+bei+zhou+chanting PDF link annotation
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/20839345815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/79255206843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sindikat777.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/17130605799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/maniwelunujewikizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turningpointdigital.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoya.hr/UserFiles/file/dasedemopumavawewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406fd58f554---32650874740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/porapemavogafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sirilazivukakivawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/jumetaxivudetoremaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/pabelafokemavuzakabexinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/49320579757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jogesepigumofobika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://85560891.com/upfolder/e/files/20210921095627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igraonica.me/userfiles/file/84808559466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142320371b40---47316480931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/juluvapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/tokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a011637a5f592b88a1112929ec0cc30/75414189883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razredna-nastava.net/files/bajabugogalotugasonenela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushi.com/uploads/files/75405969767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepekotinarurum.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_off0000af24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF24 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 38b017de622d5c71ed7f9fedd6024cf3f40397b3375a7b0f0eb86b0c63bef876
font_01_sfnt_off0000c702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC702 15296 bytes
SHA-256: c975173303d9ea3058da876228196205ea57b0ef3b7beb0c19db5100fa82d57b
font_02_sfnt_off0000edd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1