Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a05c1d26fc370aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:59:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b3ecff4b6718490dbe8086510aea45bd SHA-1: 41b04ce4cccfda8d1eaa63c2a62109ee60ac33e0 SHA-256: a05c1d26fc370acae298b73b4b1e9ce9d1068a38dadd767b64b3e6688af127c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution, leveraging the embedded JavaScript to facilitate this process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=opencv+tutorial+point+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://smithmaloney.com/clients/3/32/32eae1a42220421eddab78da2f55685d/File/66205963152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e081235a23260f8e4683918389519fe/jobimokawafekukakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2104a1ac626e061ed85044afbfd80f0/zageberuparas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/75055017232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37045206807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/toxobokuwepexifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7127dd31e8ff2d9c173a375dc0ca51/93781970157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/riberikoxumuzuranugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/65748794836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078dc2ab73ff---42087651325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57da9e9305---15205186786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56d29862e562edc1e557e220ef07a7df/59402313471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26d95c69ddabc9415960c8f3ee8a8ced/valimenedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a290e50c12b---ferekotikitonujejofudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/redaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/litonutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents//files/33371889387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b00c888719---50821421464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da9be82cc356e7721cafcb2503425f1a/desalasezajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/vefojebozumevatop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taniaandjohn.com/clients/874109/File/69277037023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolbandibileklik.com/resimler/files/93248845044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b0bcb55fdf83a473696da93684e8bd8/feranewisax.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_off00012e24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E24 10636 bytes
SHA-256: a23fcd0f638cf5044ee4bb8a1e61146e4e7917a0cedb19164774f8ce0d7ee367
font_01_sfnt_off0001469e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1469E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015eb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EB0 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 666c95c57816576b5e7441d147c1053c2476b609e2ddd28d55cad6b9900c2948