Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a00eb0562d9a6c86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:59:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d51a7a2ddbf7b353400611abd644e7ec SHA-1: 88f61bd92b7a3008799875d6eee479e5293f0e5f SHA-256: a00eb0562d9a6c865ead976c452f0abd0820c81ad1a0929dbb98398920f7126d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, likely used to redirect users to malicious sites hosted on compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable domains. The numerous external links and the nature of the heuristics suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1fa796svn8c8pm44v5lvli456/99891897809.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6ade5f1336---70138601031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5925d4a77---jaxokujizefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e05da997e3---89419880198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/49194840753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89467391477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/74334563411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/logezizutudetenasanupamin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/7241331183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vogiantinhmach.com/media/ftp/file/vevomipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c984111d16---71425157817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af8240a24b---xedamibodojowulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93472270796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/guxenijilefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/95433699491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr7dq2d36aagfme51uifkt3fs0/45026372205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/66020755858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bb1e7201d---44609216819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/gijunevimexanenejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a1299433c---67264042932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ju276e2mjr5s18cu3bga2ill2/91816631814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/tubilinalazudigowubil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwcapital.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/27333478609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/92835564466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cooking+swiss+chardPDF 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_off0000f2fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0E 18440 bytes
SHA-256: 27818ce7e038e85d53ff545e2de0c7ad6ed3d6c407654b03b7205586d17f38d5
font_02_sfnt_off00013aaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AAF 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 4f2741f0fe0a22ceeae0bbe851c98d58c9c9bad159c8ce3df6e5f2c19e7800ac