Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0aa8a3ee416eb89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:48:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: edebee8988e802011d92609f2efe42c4 SHA-1: eaf66b4f7023c26820c686fe95e39c15bc9425d0 SHA-256: c0aa8a3ee416eb895b34343c30f97954cdb03ecd04f8475c68806b45947b2794
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of multiple link farms pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://kangmeideyiliao.com/uploadfile/file///2021090316544471.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312f6e4d2e0---dakojitinexomomozewanopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf3cc426ad6998c4ac0cb34b52ea614/33977095958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sindikat777.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/32402798908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33478494559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mijibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvfre20n778qpsroocuf58bl04/dotuxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ea58fb7f45dd7871cd1c2ab4126dc58/zibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terfigyelokamera.info/files/file/romazogupezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/16743674072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.childofafrica.org/media/userfiles/file/47867015184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/buxukusedomimosipalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/32264268051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owv-sad.de/userfiles/files/zonafewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/51440470042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satesayap.com/contents/files/kekabipuwikewovotivodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-audit.com/i/up/file/kefapibeloridotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/72590458849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/3987139983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7b26da5ee5524f3fa199da4b5708645/pudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148251c561cd---nowebakobamivubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wazixuwulosipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zojikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=aristotle%27s+rhetorical+trianglePDF 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_off0000b1c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9D7 14616 bytes
SHA-256: cae57284aebb073c8e211f8f45bddfa7501a718470c035b6d7b477ff1c8d0c0e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE52 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 9ec34312dd51618077a12f39361212f5a3b59ed2af01beedf6050e733a5ce80f