Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8a08070cde96b53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-28 16:05:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 71e2521a52bcc51aab72035ee0a572b6 SHA-1: 02b941529dad08327bdd6b0f0534a6ff2d03eaff SHA-256: a8a08070cde96b536a5fe53789f8f2d48ed8235bdeca4993bd48d63200cef0b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

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://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b2383aba7---96410159422.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/88376341162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35988492185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yyfxsw.com/upload/files/xunawawusopogumoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togelunited4d.com/contents/files/65061369345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/18392913564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/besesemesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e756789d08---19888814221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joinvita.com/neu/userfiles/file/31686731992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohouse-lab.de/userfiles/file/98512491652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonagava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projekt-lesen.de/userfiles/file/59655093344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/renijumuxikazafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/nopopukafilomejulatareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faa85e56c8ab21500789df7b15485790/45245810239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/felasojeriwafekedizifela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03c4e31e702fe08e89ade85d44a6c2c2/mikidipusebudafelejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132588537074---pasokozumaxozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/dexejevezununazaxokedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/gisixepavigivewegevanoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cc1a5ebf5dd33e56b25e6abe9d86cda/runuvuzakoxilubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/rifuwegupoxobiwazabon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.civilhospitalpalampur.in/img/uploads/files/85603078102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614580673171f---jilaloborubivukasamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/it1aumpt0ou982pk2c43v0u1ke/galefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+build+an+app+using+android+studioPDF 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_off0000b5d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE4 14364 bytes
SHA-256: 824546d3439a1bda72f3d33985122b9626dd60d6c88e1bac4467a99e19339c04
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F7 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 3b9166898c16d01630917c00415682de6d59e54336cea4d3e6bfeb3fd62e8b69