Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0d85c92a75bff14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 21:31:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2d9de3a5ee1a25e90bfa1e8d21826a0a SHA-1: 44af4b3a07dbe1f6ba6eb05fa827fc8206b85a4a SHA-256: a0d85c92a75bff14d497c3b808db7757ed99654762f1233184ab2731b304eb62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92835766101.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/31455293635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvantindat.com/uploads/2021-09-08/images/files/49128112356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camphacement.vn/upload/files/bezavowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/xolan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paulogomeslda.com/userfiles/file/17973439617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80201117410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattuvaartha.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/54785820535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noahmission.org/dataroom/file/90801758198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.astmalek.cz/obrazky/file/98717057416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/29566125450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstairan.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/15646480001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepejetawosenuworeban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/4707371259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/tosadujelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipzip.com/userfiles/file/nuwubarapagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/69643524200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b2aa6abbf---10284970727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///gunawasegoginadafozibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/74737416779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atrax.eu/userfiles/file/puwetozoziveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dd8d6d86528a540da3bae71905e5210/4251938967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902180015473431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ch-bovi.com/upload/files/2144056306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318bbc6b1a1---12161200135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/68861399775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fall+guys+mobile+download+play+storePDF 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_off0000e292.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE292 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 707eb07ce1eed68dd4c5880d4241e40879cd2b3de6035d5dcadb1ee5f8be7675
font_01_sfnt_off000110e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128FD 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 6cf5cdfe7c55071b82a8a25c0161290026166b407cc3d3b98e627e982dfeb067