Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0d15faea9ae689f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 17:05:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7b747f87ac336bd26208639cc473529c SHA-1: 267dd104f30b18ac8f29da20187859fd64ac963a SHA-256: a0d15faea9ae689f255b2d8ee61ecd3dca3e49f00662ae0cf8e042f236a365a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f597f64b0e---45246262167.pdf
    • http://prttour.ca/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210627_6165F01E6D32399E.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbk0kp345ngu0kfou7jpus40u0/75682957166.pdf
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/50721297717.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea4f22ed364d41de7d5a2a08386dc39d/guvagafurixi.pdf
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/xokuzebigusosadix.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/476e1a5625626a373028aceac35310ae/gemopavukabububovegamu.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be5e22ddec---38512368897.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac32773186b---85420991063.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da34e37858---dibulumimojafamudi.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ad15b4eb9---26611471610.pdf
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/66555473935.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99679281204da5374727baf598e5583b/91627102848.pdf
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/54314716934.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3066fb04627c580c946c34db136b9532/xezegatawifuzas.pdf
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca04538409---bonana.pdf
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/zowerepikoxotivusedije.pdf
    • http://congtrinhnhaviet.vn/upload/files/18236345568.pdf
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/139a83826d748f121bb451d523ad6b8f/92960124781.pdf
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4c9e44f16---lekegefavop.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=negative+and+positive+connotation+words
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7af.bin
3ccb80da0e53948e196cee00331d66896fa7e4f216d1e013fad4c6b66b5b3230
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AF 10772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001007b.bin
45d273357ea5b3b42ef2d0e9341c3a8f46f51d3a41b437696819a80b80a82f53
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007B 17116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012cbb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CBB 16792 bytes