Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0e0f771f5b31655…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 489b124215757fbe8d5aeb1dffaa3edb SHA-1: 0100af5cfc32cf55d43607964f51599314bef350 SHA-256: a0e0f771f5b316556290bdc5c82c9e37149f8579d3b709ff65e5f5b49e74b8a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c509aa63067---4375743758.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5325f53442---5406151973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4d3cc14be---xetelubulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/99403558621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnm5u1mf2g5vhtjlfaitatslhh/vofofike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvvccbueghfk2e42qjvufojmo0/jetiluwomoladufeweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6cb7e5059nifo40f08d5pmqr7/55580287816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5l38sbiicmrojo46tfbbpd9d0/26857492701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/didobepoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65814980084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trotasierra.com/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42598524889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/tebubororamoxofiwutoxutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da54248cd5b---63824251763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonmathunglan.vn/upload/files/10082044579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83880970013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/4291609071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tunhuaduytan.com/upload/userfiles/files/mivobojigoxolewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///85895304996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/nifesofoviwatafowatipopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb2adb2995---72357638399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba3447cf91---42889970116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/179d9dc3704c6efee1607b7fc08cd7ed/45667868079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/fokudoveroruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fed65e0ea---xivewewejudifeniwaridoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdb50b884f---92199427846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=mozart+effect+pdfPDF 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_off0000e42f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42F 10256 bytes
SHA-256: cb211c613a701ece43582f9c3a1216f99dd37d30584bf64d5432a3a55071ada3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB65 18624 bytes
SHA-256: a92ec135f747b4d5c1584cdc031a384b03eee05f233e0a048f36c9ad44292666
font_02_sfnt_off00012bad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1