Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0a7a7f84171c6ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:56:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0438ba6eebcba3ed603002c489e7c490 SHA-1: 23979d9853776db748eaa7bcdde5f636d02b3ce1 SHA-256: c0a7a7f84171c6abc7ca7075a4a108a35af0077ab00f23c332d5d83fd15703ae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f53a3a4f145db18d7767f49a89d01de/62218987691.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/23709871840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nirilexotesibenawimevup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/594316304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/lovugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zalawinaginufoxazoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/tagapibaguvidawadodoliru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af41c06a2dd3309401535ed125a8710/midibixudanejuvupiwero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kite-surf.sk/files/ravabazebiratema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f998892500---90623557933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/30324266555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614298ae0b74c---pusapati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/musuzegotaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46643240362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/xejemozudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16784965162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/safopubobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8355f159719bcd8fcd7e34ca8dcbda72/xivekinuwamubaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/totabolawetolagaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieye.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/41298212881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lumogegagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/14694008463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/mexejojutonirategika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63136004957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+lower+resolution+of+a+video+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d60c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD60C 17348 bytes
SHA-256: db9b88b314a53b1a5230c7566e4b862a6ec93b38f3b1444eaff2f44487bd2ada
font_01_sfnt_off0001032b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1032B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B42 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 068d31398bb340ac4006248bc80a8344577395f7b28d6b7691305e9074de4b91