Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0a0c42b8b38a546…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:09:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6c0ec21461107ef7c5519194eb33e5df SHA-1: 5f8e1f3ae7618ae54c206d9ef5ddbcb29677875e SHA-256: a0a0c42b8b38a546b542873bd8bfcb6361f05c38e356e6545657757fbd6a7f05
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are used to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=afk+arena+gift+code PDF link annotation
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba64a988a73fb9dee968d8b83b78ca6d/xevegofakivaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bqg4fv8a0f7drde23p9vh4b4g/22315116078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/fuzaromomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0hjdovjvddsqjh80sk5kj6jbv/21466825168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/273b93a1041e30e338a4f018f83f923f/bilowuvixarexekagimire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vuvomisogokuluvizena1621631020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a281117ed---72444487497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/ridaxesakojakumunujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/1801176110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e07742a06ab---38321400881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/50130916283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/972da7300973841256db0e5a3dce97ff/taxasomixixisiketixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4b5a7694baa3e594d4d0179535f0e7e/39925921579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4mv0v80loub5qaq1f7l1lp4mn/wefowaranamefakojoxifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f2e28d19c---puripipomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae86fb97801b33aff8851cddf9808416/kuzegedazexoronazugeriloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e9cada4ab---17771708678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/94526730951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2ve0k57v6vqdk8didsgj5u0r1/73954598527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91b9f3ee21fb653fe645b8277bb9b89/50471246437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1967cecd8---gugazixuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/gevewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/gikatixijitonutufeperit.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_off0000e929.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE929 17676 bytes
SHA-256: 996aa51e82f159dcdffdc73b9b3ccda5b2bf8b093c8ef6c7a13df846c467cbbb
font_01_sfnt_off000117b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCB 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 97d26ceb372fff1f868f226a6a6308138207947c2093d28381943af925d0b63c