Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0da4069a94c8d77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:01:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 24838e10da95443b965773d0efcb23c3 SHA-1: fdbab0adec4f24f62c87fc925b9d25d7abf3d7c4 SHA-256: a0da4069a94c8d77260bf6e43813d11356214c3415f0aff2ab087a87d618314b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-based interface and numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, potentially malicious, URLs hosted on compromised websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d379547120e---vaporoduzopotipunapelazik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/42725680654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://website-design-company.in/dev3/damodar/ckfinder/core/connector/php/userfiles/files/41670772863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83335964954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d97904afad---89475247587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterref.ru/editorfiles/file/xiwabopobevabaxaxopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2nqi0b89jfue5sl1bb136jrm7/47162762057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verticala.ro/images/userfiles/vakebunipanifuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d5943314832c8c59efa1f138efcced/64257569579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9230269c3---kekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/dabudixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.com/files/usersfiles/files/gusilexutete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078adc44b903---67878877820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9800f2bae3---wimogezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda8c7a85b5b96fefba13d17043dc4cd/29800585495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61352945816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulator.com/d/files/46847466082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/tegonekiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/2789961580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6mck1giro25kbv0gcnlo91auf/28502191787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e5d1985a6---komupumabazazuvanufurudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwudenuduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7758367784---68375002113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+veronicas+if+you+love+someonePDF 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_off0000b8ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0C3 10748 bytes
SHA-256: d71e36bcf277643bbc54a5424321a65228f3108dd01b37f10669170576fe0c4c
font_02_sfnt_off0000e94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94D 14264 bytes
SHA-256: d2bb5da9b666ff554c520675da53b50303000b82b55d58a5fb91e40f2f608efe