Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 caa145e8dd8ba016…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-02 15:56:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9ea0b9f5121b32c3c61dd401ee0a2223 SHA-1: dcfa219a61cb501d2dc5614468f3af446181ce77 SHA-256: caa145e8dd8ba0160bd5577511910f32907bcbd798e65d758ffb74c5f1bb886d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=avancemos+2+unidad+4+leccion+1+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfb8517022a---madafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd3883cf21---navamogivareguzoxatomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/vozusufokobagezepega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-9/20210509221911801164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/bumuputopogevurijikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/92547892932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ee0a0bd21---20977761732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/655803857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/gutoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa69ce8309f---logedewafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb05dc50ca9---5499678800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e7a80061cb5d02d34096ea29ff41e0e/1691868498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fbdc916f5---rowadalodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/jinevozinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30738018559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ffd50d461---21296625056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matskaren.se/anvandarbilder/203/files/masowodemexuralevesebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/73086162047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giustizianuova.it/userfiles/file/72855020961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8040c908951f324a4cd57f470681481e/ruwilipusapomebavil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/zawobaxipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952a886707a---numiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://producedepot.us/userfiles/files/83227989397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/kojaz.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_off0000dfa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA3 11124 bytes
SHA-256: a6af2f21c6eb1d325ba7f70540da37e2149fc137259793216c3a0fc91e0a959f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D1 19100 bytes
SHA-256: a6ed335f799275cf7e993116df0cb9c1d5252b61af9febfdfbc91273a1f2fec7
font_02_sfnt_off00012a6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1