Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a10520df45c40439…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-08-24 12:36:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2b8808f024153dee5be9b04dc7e9400f SHA-1: 159ec4c3a577ce2dbe25685a088fe0881a8babdf SHA-256: a10520df45c4043963991090f1fe57bdfac693cae9c806595eaf4906b4263d3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/vefizudafow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c5054477ae---takaxefawemuwopaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicofrisoli.com/userfiles/files/wokavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163778de0165f3faeb44a18999e6f181/34807299954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161132d31e7029---62872322371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a45dbd90d1---44000318095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantacyhandicraft.com/userfiles/file/94519008767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/19413068110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/39277779335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d07b51e008---33519990383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8765d6ad26f78d563c63ccb9653575d3/joveluvetameridikikevozew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8310bf958ea7d9c18ccc65eb2f162acf/91481273007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/peluzofigapukadufag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610751670b2e3---23709746330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cde0a0d032---minatatigevaweluvusonad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/64806356523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088990cbf458---50316188370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/41335135139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wotevikudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7bcb4d6510---lugowakuwapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b94183a231e9ae6524041c8b90cecff8/18931136843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/95415036110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/nedunomilogisejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=clash+royale+best+private+serverPDF 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_off0000dca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA7 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 6f1b1de775d71c0b5cd3565725d1479059d83d21c8afbc859abeea66c6cc1b47
font_01_sfnt_off00010906.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10906 10596 bytes
SHA-256: fc03f87dfc6fb17f0ec55ecdc83dce16dcece7037b74dd13af1b4ec3f879853e
font_02_sfnt_off00012135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12135 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1