Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0c94ea6faa6872d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:06:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9b549b5fe8f244447d3023c7d76417cd SHA-1: d0980607b5eaa205485d5287f43a3c5531110a91 SHA-256: a0c94ea6faa6872df56ffc4d4f6ec6b93a0beb4f4753598d2cb38be2fb4b7492
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised websites, including a link farm on disposable hosting, indicates a phishing or content-luring attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://poketomecam.com/uploads/files/88109955823.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aq8a8bgn54i3t2dp9415rt1i4s/41071323705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392f61c4550---jinobimojomalojoxotakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/venizifebefodekuvazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/vezajuvibini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usgcambodia.com/userfiles/file/tofirewobuxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/56493449775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gt-outillages.fr/ressource/site-image/files/butaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejusafapifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veszpremlizards.hu/_user/file/lonotemuzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heaig.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26303954301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notar-frings.de/userfiles/file/26722635015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe9aa06cb2---32844979592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/vanafawodupalelawudabax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfnoitkd6krtvj48flk2o4rmk6/77124395998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbaytag.com/resimler/files/xupitizuvevubevanikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/38190348728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/6108628949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olamare.com/img/uploaded/file/zuleloxefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=compare+and+contrast+android+vs+iphonePDF 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_off0000d7d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE4 17192 bytes
SHA-256: d7686bfdbc907e0683b1f046c6f5c09ba249dbef63e230b2c8e516299a53bea3
font_02_sfnt_off00011c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C44 10828 bytes
SHA-256: b8e2de0846c5a9196c8a6843013aa7e3bb57c4a8acf2e967a450603a29344d45