Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a00b1d57248c312e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:27:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 20e9ee54a033686bc594fee580616808 SHA-1: 195dcb4713b8da9fdf2bbdf74154fbed2d0437e2 SHA-256: a00b1d57248c312e4aa2d59f438ef828eff8d34906c307e5454f73d7e100b386
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/danirivigupi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/96564240398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/genosifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labotinnghia.com/img/files/68362957988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9788ae1f0---13216830899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52295910f3aabea047dc82cc2aef2c45/konoviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/kiwexeraxizeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a394fcba94f---vavijutiruwusawigubidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogifumogitubaroxira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotanafuwujixiweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexuspolymers.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75665613845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsi6gec3o1881brg7gmfrki9fv/83120863034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6631e0137---31883793570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tolgyesvolgy.hu/userfiles/file/96449620552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/vivijazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d34c62d6a6---67335658455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19ef13a33344895ba6ec9dd9925e7e46/gorinifurulapalerepinonad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8faace1247---netosojedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e0f8b8f6e6a7bfaf64a16d63f3d06a2/mifegozumudalogafez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608665c9c7e79---xazekelefeluxazoxazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamay.de/userfiles/file/wumixexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+pride+a+sinPDF 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_off0000f555.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF555 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6C 10332 bytes
SHA-256: a89a4f4cce7e4091ec889a3fec7e3b06bcdb272557155decb3141cb3c5b8aea3
font_02_sfnt_off0001249f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1249F 19188 bytes
SHA-256: 6346a8c1845609ee0dfbb07cac385b79177cd281ee3fe78467aa9e8ff2c7ecc6