Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a010a97dae006742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:54:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 153eb721c0313caea7264fc8d49fd929 SHA-1: c8dbfe1d6d1a9afbed93799481fc2be78e0fec38 SHA-256: a010a97dae006742b479380d0ddd846b12b04c5cc00e85773d37f2a1fa268518
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress sites and others forming a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/83742710464.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/17212213330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loduzulikipinuxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cd898b63548eea585db5e8c58177a84/nodutixetojexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sambometal.com/dataroom/file/susuxavodurarukugefusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53415792499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/6091882452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/52166721357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8oc59iictd3jgprrd10eovvqj7/70124072863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/maritobari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exlite.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64783249745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd895ddc1d1---41382653739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/60908685593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///9047142917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectprojects.ro/userfiles/file/povelolopitira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrestoration.net/home/apf/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80427746920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/10115981421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da4dcbf82e---54071892202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00125f674---5560912871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/78637306255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb61d035d4c14a657af8b528b27162cb/99539627239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a863e557a163dd3c111d0334dbab8d6e/pazebomadajoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/80959016629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amgaa.org/temp//files/11759509901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96579487847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=india%27s+most+wanted+123mkvPDF 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_off0000bbc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBC1 16684 bytes
SHA-256: c140f0298ba4860b4b0436af73a3f23bf359eb9ac16a9ca240dd1a50263edc81
font_01_sfnt_off0000e61f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61F 10836 bytes
SHA-256: e3e0a322ee37a270d5841444be6075959d5b96862367989330938b45df6eb6b5
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1