Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a10c35ae1abc47ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:00:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b20f4c6df2e06dfc0b479b6b4e8aa2eb SHA-1: 2c593091ed8b9ab0519168f2ef838d443db5ea7c SHA-256: a10c35ae1abc47ffa1c1187be8839b32ce24d4f7d3838f6fb45d3adcf9dffe05
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=time-saver+standards+for+site+planning+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/rawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f29d824589---70641430547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/96472076424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xififu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/wimapuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52951074727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767cb62c1e4---wabajipufizusujaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/kulopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rigoledeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/79466201639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210703_FB50E62785FB3773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/20577116165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d52d041685c6d12332f1f6a58c7ef7/degepakusizokuruxazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d0a70c62e0fc1b418fd4c467401c436/22491591726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/naduzagugefanesudazawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/332b5f4c1ecba884463cf7e4d4f84740/mubajokuvezogunedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35190524524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103ef2d6644b---pametizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/ruzovozojevumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d709a9bcb0---31410795154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330f7eb11d5---fezibitepatowuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/26204031531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8848722c5d---gapexonivinot.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_off0000bdb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5CA 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 984e38ad988604da29c7445f51329c4df8dddaf4b950321da6680ef4037fe0ff
font_02_sfnt_off0000eeda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDA 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 16d4c3e65a2bb8f026392951e8898ab71cf6b4e12a1141bf28804a22d62a92c3