Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8a6989c43cf01b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-12 15:25:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 85e8d426efdcaf16a9840eee172d53c2 SHA-1: c785d6f123435e266e87b7957b976e0aa2e5bf97 SHA-256: a8a6989c43cf01b2ac7d76983683badf294dca5b0be8dba32ff5f176f4a13e0a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a phishing or redirection scheme. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed to manipulate search results, further supporting a phishing lure. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b69d9c0cf97cad798efdd07ae91d654d/wagisopibalexelijek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753ec9670f6---98012629083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/tinagavepokosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda3126c9ab7bb6dafedef00b6e27fdd/gazidilasafurazedipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/vonidazujutifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/42866886389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/banipewazewivunekefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sallytour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210804_4005B00B35F6899B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxamisogezidom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03c3ea8abef9e6bb62c50e8a206ded2f/gufabuguxivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oee99etreqqddbm9f2mjo3jcna/69247734687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dab8ce152f---28250833573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54984ea1a0d0acb5c94259564b83f091/4551180548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739f5b9578e---39857941802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatexpress.com//upload/userfiles/files/wulojapesesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/napikofazisakonigedemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49aa651dfc53115e7e023ea819e00826/54079013180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///79490046680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8b4eeffdc361b657863903c442d9dd8/revazabopovuradidorawetet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/xaditemevobumilugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/foaf37o1jtbtdui5sveunkaf2i/41687816437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79389541765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=nail+salon+near+me+that+open+latePDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/limejodubuz.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_off0000f996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF996 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 31d8b3e359872943394973b1c41e32f6f226a594a4a1a85913fae7d596533242
font_01_sfnt_off00011138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11138 18460 bytes
SHA-256: 3986611098b7d52a6b69d32bae21e3aefab764eeee878a9209e46dbbc7aa76fe
font_02_sfnt_off000141f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1