Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0e31b7a5247ceed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:35:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 653bf31d98037613e23fb1f5d74f24cd SHA-1: 2020d93ec63a9a4091b0b2bc7db0c1d93c2fee41 SHA-256: a0e31b7a5247ceed1cad219a02752f13dacd575eb368a9302779765e73d16fc4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/93443970965.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.eu/userfiles/files/68238427337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/25231895682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zbmbudomont.pl/userfiles/file/64768843215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/44538544729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkexim.ru/imgeditor/file/zimitirebomemepuvalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8f658eac58657da6a54119d3d353474/negupovoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tour-paris-guide.com/cite_imgs/file/541787453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/jevezumazovesavixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runnersavezzano.it/public/userfiles/file/56129427895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba4838a06601fd067858fa337cd96af5/nipovepewivuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613956dc0edff---vitakefux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48177086169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compsult.net/userfiles/file/14487641400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905235816426720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/zotufowapawigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/92097508016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balalajka.nu/media/wixeridetononal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hippodrome-compiegne.fr/www/uploads/file/10608921266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/wanise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f24da8b4ecca335ca0a6b7bef80ccbc7/gemadaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvsatkrosno.pl/userfiles/file/89261316162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qian-ho.com/upfiles/editor/files/41538893793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=test+print+page+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_off0000db09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB09 18236 bytes
SHA-256: 4a4afafbe0b53aae27f417d7a485080ca497432ff2bc0e3d39355291a4c5aa14
font_01_sfnt_off00010ab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AB8 10472 bytes
SHA-256: af4e3fb4b8d4ddcaf2cdc37e5adcf648b827a816307f406e82125e36a26feb92
font_02_sfnt_off00012269.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12269 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1