Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0a90e96e0b147a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:15:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 12b027397a3ef64253cb1ef96506f2ad SHA-1: 3217427ff5655424c7a8d4fcd4eaa55e354bffa5 SHA-256: a0a90e96e0b147a8a11edfd5c350f59616595dee4a67e0a36be9b20cd64c667e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm or redirector to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+become+a+vampire+in+the+daytime PDF link annotation
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/nidofogowewiwonowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/suxadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9251b2ae0a---21900944538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5e2c9e72a---pajamemomeveleralizinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/33577278759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vkv1kvk1puunhbnqnisijsnd2/jenaxugapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/ziburozupunuwezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_4C058AD12D1C43B9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c695ba5215---dopotodapokitidefonizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cabea48531---57273528624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/90577726669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f427f6321d---27619838814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakaygame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/masukedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ca1f27e76---59599338770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/dazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e602d21f9facad8f6b24ff8af63b1638/93169819009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/jotuwonazirajekidawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/79624402368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cab413c9ce---loferuvifajokiluzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/xitetikimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/wuwudafibajatawopudapoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afdb233478---51858334212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e51b922137---15450328432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellmysayarah.com/userfiles/files/79768304570.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_off0001107e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1107E 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 4d9592a3bc626bd929bfcec048a3d478e9ab833df1540eba5cb6e287b2beea9a
font_01_sfnt_off00013e1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E1A 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 16c8e3753dce9dbeacf35846370c8d54e7e320c6e00afea15e9805c176ec5150
font_02_sfnt_off00015721.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15721 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1