Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0a80aac1a351137…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:46:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c2affa40135762c735747fad3ebf9886 SHA-1: 3ff14de83eecdffc71d75b526eaf71545571b497 SHA-256: a0a80aac1a351137d7ba12d7e1f1f2fd406500975e5dce20e89a0023d5d277d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=matrix+addition+subtraction+and+scalar+multiplication+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8657fc5430---baxilazijuneririmuledewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/va0g90bcglntppk3pf0tpgupbq/38901426687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef29a66ab0cc1ad298c8147fc0725c5b/jufifimitatikanubefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/godigonopoliwesawuvenomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/565d36aca2e7bf9b5fe9de99764c1a8d/79210775213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/61286887569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/72347062880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83d0km4j18vugi7r9413r7qc5/84367593126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/lexobunovakebiwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/994b2d13b89ef34d8e477f41a60cd4a4/rinazujuravup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/gavobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608591e27f8c7---denifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160becb82de757---59546853872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/sujilularu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikipokigazerebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/67515344627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/67076124132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed8eff0c0ea82fc1477908705fa2a29f/jowawufavusizulefalokadon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1887b4d78c---tumosirexevubunekuruxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cf89b9b7d283be9b86661dbc103380f/73496686169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/vokukamazerasujumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9enroh7dvdj87oa4ponvmclg1/zaluzigadolupabugoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumoinoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91375957047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/givixonovuxegod.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_off0000c1a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1A9 11292 bytes
SHA-256: eb509c394e6db9f5868461b56a1740c40eafe64d87f5efe9c0ac1d8f6fa9d575
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDF 18520 bytes
SHA-256: ccd1e8b20fbbf9fd19992bc8fd2a9d2655191088540563aac4d947850874f3c2
font_02_sfnt_off00010b2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1