Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a349f0a97ddece5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fa1406bca0dd3f962aef91ad25426bce SHA-1: f412bf13d623c4e6646afcd4feaa4cfd38caed2e SHA-256: a349f0a97ddece5c703762d20453b3a7709a741681b453094ff23d4abd60b9b3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=market+failure+definition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38k29h2dk8ul4ajqp0v5jtoqo6/pebuzijusezamoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fdfc1e2288---sawojavenurizoronajomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/ganulilalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/17571864877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612df0f8bc686---fifuxogavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3214ee5af---52569948211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f35da83a855---wujanoxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/tawizulojilirifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/52980600139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97cc1a46612610f91570697aec5a00d8/31287255230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f999065300ae6742d3a2b11082ed7144/muwitotetutobixatefame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/loloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6jsiusinji3i70iruc70mrcj4/kemipixiximesegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42d45e6c9eafaf5246ca33539032ee96/80913246484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/49396784815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/24759856275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62641239295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/83985270804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/biwuzuzokigubivafiwalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b463065869e---79988997689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc10e3e9uuejvjdecea0ktird3/34847115275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4n08a15vls566q5c086dbvv20k/71286179551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pushgroup.lv/userfiles/files/24441490395.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_off0000d165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD165 16420 bytes
SHA-256: a875f05fca8d0439737be108290b6c14f073e76532d3b2b1f825fd14d80f3270
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9D 10508 bytes
SHA-256: a5424066fbb3710672c00fdc1262ce2b237cdc9fd8353e8efa870bf6fc3e4bc6
font_02_sfnt_off0001139e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1139E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1