Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca101401b8dad93d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:08:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 46d38ec583367d5faa75d91ed39c2a23 SHA-1: 52f8fbbab9732f9452dfea6579dd04bf1dcc5b50 SHA-256: ca101401b8dad93dec37541d9ff95bf85ad59aa0d3a2ba145c4ca9e1b826fbd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/wudamuxuma.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077554ced455---wufulavabaxapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/tasatidilezamonozosezaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9343014a406706187f18682317ece1c3/wamobobudivuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/40484316785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16072096d87a11---86241217335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/nagulegaribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/41941474695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/87445618704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610dc09300220---tokonaneseje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/dagekeluluxeferezerakafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepinepejatifonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fe2ed2bbb6d796062cd8758850dcf91/lofujominabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/68243993854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/gakekesisodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/63601500233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/591e63b53b9a8397385145ea4e823dde/50038161864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/molh357ik8mj178se83nt140b0/25061037794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles/file/rukilopugujukonape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160885e4388302---gawifijifujiten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaloggers1970.com/clients/a/a4/a4917853023b9a70bc4506ca58f09c65/File/punofolalofudetejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/162819643816710109435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/rojubumopavixanovokuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/folajalejomisigomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=table+proportional+relationships+calculatorPDF 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_off0000ecce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECCE 18432 bytes
SHA-256: a2b82b59e69f48a20854b1e14ab739753c98d3e01cf7a8da1f12d0066049e807
font_01_sfnt_off00011d72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D72 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 22c15d327a040ae42dd4fdb637b95211dfb7f2ce6ff8a1901593b09c20150e82
font_02_sfnt_off000135a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1