Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0a6eab4c5dd4417…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 04:00:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 06c6f66d3c40af0858a50f9cb5d552cf SHA-1: b84163a69cc79d2c0a9cc2401dbb3056ff0fd702 SHA-256: d0a6eab4c5dd4417c2129fdf39f2ce866aef6b48a010be19ffd2ce549721e23c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are identified as part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/vagatizevisofikaxavixasa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents/files/nututufegejazena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deitratech.com/userfiles/file/lepegubixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f62f0e9c7---tobuzudomowenuxene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srsatta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27555457339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ffe9bfe76---4077002237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalzilemboeventi.com/userfiles/files/selinopireriganunikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/62496886578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/27514582174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biserica-izvorul-tamaduirii.ro/files/ximonumofajulemabide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixubitibelijixoxotopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanharteyoga.nl/uploads/files/wameviwevegogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6c6d8c169---68010501026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2fadb7dcc---gemolefelokazozurifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/pegofezilaroxajigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/3222933176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattukoottam.com/userfiles/file/80478820941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellenia3.eu/userfiles/files/xegetevepidaruzamugezuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/41883723352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-physiology.ru/upload/14242758627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thai-apsproducts.com/file_media/file_image/file/84446788937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/kaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kubumevedadinuwugilozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/kalabazunorapebotaluxekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=select+the+example+of+application+software+of+computerPDF 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_off0000f83f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83F 18252 bytes
SHA-256: e27263acc1b5cd4053287e747d7b9cb4e38e7a50a9489986eb03140282eb0ac5
font_01_sfnt_off00012822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12822 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 0a09aacda67e910543966ccc2f9e2d2c10b6ec0bfa33f379a600c7051a33d30d
font_02_sfnt_off000141e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1