Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0f5a963216d8af9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:43:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ad0f6b157736501de30a901e58bc0a1 SHA-1: 1007d8d6323b88d11bcdb6d3b212d44358781bad SHA-256: a0f5a963216d8af980930346755f33e276d68422f5767d2da7f97b7e843e7e8f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this PDF is malicious. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=every+little+step+i+take+video
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_211881707DF313D4.pdf
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/natumusifakonefe.pdf
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a477e5a0e3d---visewalexumabarofululube.pdf
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/3320891534.pdf
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b041a60eaad---bemuvexonoxoxi.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba50947205a---tuxerezafazu.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99170cda65---79238487735.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vtho6tcscurs2dvdcmubtm1bc0/13378691721.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092beb53af34---sakubekimibujegin.pdf
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021060220062749.pdf
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf6fc51cec4b915361b8fc5270ecac99/63404967922.pdf
    • http://myapartment.de/web/editor/files/22477262249.pdf
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bb0d0c6c4---gosepap.pdf
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7f4a84d781a3d3aa7a0df7d2080e34/wezumagixibozixam.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d62f26e8e29bd753e0326b14ef9039f4/42475526456.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a511634c936---numepawenatanobakufifelu.pdf
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a22cf8c22690765877548acec32452/laxivagik.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c174c51464---jixakidivo.pdf
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/vazabebaxu.pdf
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/fapesabafuwidixuxil.pdf
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/viser.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e6d3bd6a7---48748097239.pdf
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/16469961436.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4028737c2ecb3b0236998105632abc2/44530691193.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04b3796384---fotizaloranaren.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010629.bin
06910f3c5db7bf709f3ed71a0da7a94c2cc788854b1cce2ad6c8ac6d063de279
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10629 10536 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e51.bin
cd017951e6f8ab5b0a6c21c3e9c8e891409c9d5bfebef52881d43c78e1892ed9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E51 17336 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b76.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B76 16792 bytes