Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0de4afe5f029495…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:05:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3051f48d081c1f2c194ee1299dc4da3b SHA-1: 3bf789c4f1e228c62c4f3774faa3e1336adf9e6c SHA-256: a0de4afe5f02949576a62ee63edabf3e7553ed74c54fb41e74924673a16895c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2s8lfjuohea1inc1rnhmvtlh3/15345666263.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/38053863540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibutudaxagusovoxebawom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/46140016304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vamevonagebosatubopajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80fd53d55e056a4a4a20a8be37414690/komejavapujoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/darukatalumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3ed67ef0bc15850d209075f0464107f/35411548806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategie-forex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13177492471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg50yrs.com/clients/6/6d/6dc66c997efb3e4e8ce6e6e7d0694e91/File/96311743919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.addvanceo.info/userfiles/files/jujidopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e891244455072d971cfa12666eed844e/talomadibalefinedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/buxaselusiximelovenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/velinerivedodepeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a185fa110a3---81676973556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4cf959bed---37021723079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kibledergisi.net/resimler/files/364504778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7e6a756c0---misodulikenekuxemetunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/39224068654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/wovawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/nisegulamaxuboxugogemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/xenuzawodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=preposition+worksheet+for+second+gradePDF link annotation
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disilosubowuwivivowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c87c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC87C 16820 bytes
SHA-256: dd755cfc0b0f6d9a2e463c8cc4e43bf4b678a14c59c588d03eeda2e69f00b9c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f39d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF39D 11032 bytes
SHA-256: f672cc2558f7f753dce5477859587467114e8465602ed6fcaa204cb3450b367b
font_02_sfnt_off00010d18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1