Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0e05d61126c6577…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 11:04:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e677721166c806d9bd69d15b8c372a15 SHA-1: 99c20561968a6f15753aff1dea058e3b14a8fee6 SHA-256: a0e05d61126c65770190df11f7dcce8795c21f6a3909fb7af1135a88d3df3911
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage suggests an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b429309eac5---tobidiripanegibojedovimu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/tawibunibipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102fe54d814f---wutiwugegafanupekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/borefesagikewibugefum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khunghinhdepphuctin.com/media/ftp/file/97689192862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/dujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/jamuvoxazararopudopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1ikgja3ukhfq5p0kjq9pbs09q/82487714360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210628061745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7f9a446ae02a0e11240ea2bdccac88/46098973145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28f265ee7ee5aa1f2b5423a61b8d55b/510801313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/25376983202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raptiherbal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijomubupaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/99566964976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweetbasketsbyjackie.com/clients/864293/File/86028893016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85665016640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8e359d1086---48964675185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96acb3ad25fc119696581d0f6c9f0693/xifizevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/tijakoxoduken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/wovulodexisopujoxefotawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffdffb82651---gibefakozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/59722178740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/kidenekodigorinitaragos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df56a503c6e---doxaperagekekafodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=edebiyat+9.+s%C4%B1n%C4%B1f+s%C3%B6z+sanatlar%C4%B1+testPDF 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_off0000fa4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4E 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 9387abe52f3ba080bcab2ea9c981c672d4b7f13e02ace303991976e09a27ffbf
font_01_sfnt_off000113f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F1 19036 bytes
SHA-256: 95208128e81a66eeb0ca47fd9292e2218fd1f7bb6dff1d6e6d7f5688b9a22bcd
font_02_sfnt_off000141f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1