Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1a8cef9d26ee5d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:50:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0115e3d66e2afa9b968dede99a6690fe SHA-1: c465fc75092f0b672c7f18e5624a904103825ff4 SHA-256: a1a8cef9d26ee5d3a9f32e716d430c3a5533278149273550e050f2d0f7253272
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates a likely intent to execute malicious code upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/70286274385.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/84547996913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0d86e60874b80480a789797035ab93c/gejavikeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/zexixuvemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96d74200cc---baluxofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/15851916650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/rovinopevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/bifozozika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e9c16af17---83721131601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/88993298362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0o765rs8fm71a7nf1fls824d06/wonapenobijubewasifuravox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db2dabf2928---60369067161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/19128784213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4fc1d0c9b---baxejizenoxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0aa753e999b1fc33a038537e698d076/47684140456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c24bv8f34spjp96vh4eqlpmfk6/60955239343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/lulazigakagagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b220c3a93a---58834929559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/xapuxoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newkontakt.ru/userfiles/images/file/48577722397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/166e0b1e027d3de99a076eaf7f34ed2e/fuwegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d29bc4c54b1829bcef0babbcd40a356e/25387543771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloslow.com/data/userfiles/files/8565621010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f10aeed349b465aa94cb32317c3fe1d/zidividi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609365e72a54b---66752195832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+english+year+5+kssrPDF 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_off0000d82b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD82B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f03d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03D 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 610f3286640e44684b38cd4dae8e99dcad3da2f3d69e8a849e7abf472274fbe4
font_02_sfnt_off00011f3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F3D 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 34c7633c56039b9be526ce276237c56ccc1f7c88b7c2a01b0e3edeee9b86dcd8