Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1daf0212a7eee88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:16:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3216f1b3ce42721379bb156112c96880 SHA-1: 1aaec29a1e877539a0e81821618f5f4029111b57 SHA-256: a1daf0212a7eee8888b4a4d38a59096b7fa8c20af49aae87328808e9239c50c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9734

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c977fb755a4eb8e859e90cdb5aaab27/likibotejukanubobux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d0b9b7e91---31945585726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d6273bccaf235af0817a4fb45d7d498/25877775787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/nuwajadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bc10ad8db---19263448643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f03bddf59---gumugoderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ef001cd2c---vanudadimonedisetaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/38754880037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf53f86126---85977066162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077def60f394---17965991851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d1bc848e---59656665879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/272886759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/32008443373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/12072352339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06130d8ce3---xogufamodozibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/84695216307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2704a21759bb68f7688921f4c5125fee/14073302948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/93015233342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/nevuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/51383003832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/milalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210603_030606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomonovojoxidula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20140389e943a7073027db3aef4d9a2f/4885589289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpjan6g0478rtl6bl2mqhgi79j/90673799412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d73b55055---70659981252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/4781434360cf7b0d4de77.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e784ca26ba---69175634679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=sunflower+seeds+and+kidney+stonesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0001445b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1445B 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 6b37ccb50423966933c983d171ed420e917ec2986cb56fb4c9cf6a946576256e
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4A 17796 bytes
SHA-256: ba1b776bfc6d061e259f63ebdfb00750201a911e763fbf566fc022d91746db6f
font_01_sfnt_off00012c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015eab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EAB 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 12fdbca6b9ce81f91a47728a71c08b8acd5ef7eb79fa2824e560b2d07a492223