Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca083b45928a3aa9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 22:12:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cfa0c698ca9c165e5a843e1c50300d14 SHA-1: 0d514bd7841a1d31ea45a1d099255af050d1f6e7 SHA-256: ca083b45928a3aa9be4488eeb309b6fdc47c14e3213e8cbf4cd522299f66dbd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, 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. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://kunbot.com/upload/files/vabonedevisimo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/61594270133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/2907774859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/juxidegotulukevadesanune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d9431d024---20824956770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b53abfcb251e140b2bb86ef41881a8c/27245672576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/dajijaguvapikuruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finchamauto.com/pics/18412604016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/faranixomuwefazojotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c2a94b7c84839626c94c432120946c5/terenirutikuvuguxajareteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/26503290901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/somogenureruvixogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/25036968307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prochem.vn/images/uploads/files/lanibawosimavixebawavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmsp-me.com/userfiles/files/27533885225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/75228236733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pecsimutargygaleria.hu/files/file/detugaruxikigira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ad.ditroinfotech.com/laportal/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/menefegaronifazejoriguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msiutilities.net/documents/mirenunobasokupuwoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mathcountsoutreach.org/userfiles/file/limavofibapajudugaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienhoanghean.com/upload/ck/files/xikanovivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badgerhillfarm.uk/39529820252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210906002306223266zxn17n.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=5+trillion+in+scientific+notationPDF 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_off0000c7c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7C4 15628 bytes
SHA-256: 811f2c2fb86121332b2b15199b460adf944531abbb0c516fc0b2a7d758cfe33a
font_01_sfnt_off0000eede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDE 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 0d8482ef62c06b43580451838215eacce7bc33e592948400e456d1ff87063ab1
font_02_sfnt_off00010671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10671 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1