Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a913030106971aa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 09:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 70330f0da24be373b56ebdce34965308 SHA-1: cc8aca0f835b930ddab038d9cf8985b5e3784b61 SHA-256: a913030106971aa086c2521f4f37f67ed40c4aadf3c6847a15d3d0c180732139
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files. These links are likely intended to lure the user into downloading a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gba+file+download PDF link annotation
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nt5e1audkm8o63dmj35cgmvb0i/vitugizonudisomitulexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/dixezopudovujulowirarovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0525abce9d4034d2d858aa005fdfc740/79508154971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/wokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomatasofomuneponekenolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevtsov-art.com/uploads/files/voponenaxujofikoxosega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/mawegajetuzofubawofovuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhchem.com/upload/files/getemurobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/58055680711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8cj2aja7-8mxb.com/contents/files/mepiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/57367347736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29696861231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906071651713053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedavitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bckbytow.naszbip.pl/img/upload/files/kopalasukadolusenagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.astmalek.cz/obrazky/file/40379938547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee9bc6ffea---tazotonoxevopilavozupod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63326804795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/97212473251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/mizalitusujebafedijaruso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a845fa8f03---64302977766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21038392359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eetravel.net/file/23611820391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumewejupowiwawox.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_off0000d058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD058 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 47beb99b525b733ed97d0fd457ea2c7955b28a1de2e2505c45fd61d757eafaa3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001142e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142E 10244 bytes
SHA-256: b3a7a53b39a77d293719c771b9442c40a1eb88b9bf29ea1df03825dbe399fca2