Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0c08778fa04dcc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 08:29:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: acdbe436b771255a884a0a29ebae24ee SHA-1: d35a39fa7f42df556d6c5d1bdd6654fad6a03d3d SHA-256: a0c08778fa04dcc5d3da33fab14963f7065b70f3699635c7bcf2878c68454cb8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including one pointing to a raw IP address, indicating malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to redirect the user or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53989475411.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71078979874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents/files/6247208694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b672faa9d3631946fd3170f2ca1cccf/kozimirofoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/sosepimogisikurezetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/dutalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/mekuzatosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69777780750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/nupenulopedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613036cde659e---lufuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/50532527160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-of-geldanlagen.de/userfiles/file/pijijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c8b12dba7---rojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.142/~bbyacht01/upload/files/28573860182.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613462be62415---60988438597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/63538591834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/55081385962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/51302909483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d99ec6228ee11f4dfeec0a13ab12715/lazenugomogomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e3670939b794d72cc23eea454adb9a5/41589517509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-dron.cz/data/file/jadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3sjet4e00c5s2v5msdl4d3fdn/84080271644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biserica-izvorul-tamaduirii.ro/files/42561901854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zensushidanapoint.com/uploads/files/72942776379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+pc+on+mobilePDF 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_off0000b259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB259 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 39569a2b3e077777e46b67887dc63bb353dc2001f2338fa66251f7ac9f65df29
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE261 14464 bytes
SHA-256: 0e925cabde7472eb68fb1d30eeca76f314f456e648b0de508a8288f468d586b0