Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0e5a0e942d05324…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:53:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a23ac8edfce75a46768992e17bec8157 SHA-1: dabff7d492d4af38fda6d1caeb8ca411a2ec4089 SHA-256: a0e5a0e942d05324e66541b5fa2498191d35e603729a3f1f54803b4b8fc34ea3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs that form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the user's browser or PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=social+conformity+theory+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/262b6957b1e3ebd97e68c7b7d0adf9fc/59475437392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/60368694353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2107030952395857702hlyof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e2f0ae8819343bc58018fbd7c6dd731/wedarosojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/63022681411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809045ab3de---45940788633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/10322965064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qna2if1c7428caclq59ca0c5pt/68134543952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210505123036122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/nipisawesuxusutojuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/76694208290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021061422561273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/29008803595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remobudostol.pl/pliki/janidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifonexogulolebovaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/fonelibunugatovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e2140731e---fukodesupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8610fd3b39---59445633261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/dakosapafakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120e80f3a59d---95505736159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/43792643695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c2bc61ee9---pavibutimukaliwugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/52658928076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fc741dec6057b75bfb6a0bc10fdbb6b/42092923197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db4f7f37272---bapuv.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_off0000d8be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8BE 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 2bfe155216f45cf88ea4b6ea18608b581ca68484daca055851f2010dc1335cc6
font_01_sfnt_off000103c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C2 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 2df6db4bb8d808ca505c0577ff26342b6084ad019a2b89a6985bc48f3d0f6228
font_02_sfnt_off00011ccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1