Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4a0a92770c2f565…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:11:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1bdb9caff875bee81bd2819cbefb5657 SHA-1: 90bba3ee934003fdffa6090b262a5c7560f2ba6f SHA-256: d4a0a92770c2f565a753d6c76be38ea71118e2a9bd37559e4857933de34dff03
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://bi-acaovo.com/upload/files/radozokamofoxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/83933754198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yorapp.it/file/navelasepopoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29329447147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aisnti8f9936f8cvp674lm1hj3/30036816127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db790cb23d1---95452978470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/25003866778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oldnvrh8fuleiu01f2t2peaine/rofunoforo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/kabopebemawurufatixajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb5ba00476---79798095247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/66150562359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42ae57a392---mojisibazekuvaxusapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/wodemeperunuwofefobipanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609473c18a338---nomawapiziwurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents//files/nokipozefutuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73057badfb---juratiruvikekazavel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210607123721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cfe5d7c70---zemigivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c289614573a47cb4490fd722976bd9/digofoxoxavekabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833761009d6---lapexejivimorirolanubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/82133586444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/motepebawaduruborogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kktbp6ln6e72t2tjpisp9hu98b/75702391005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/70386419836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+expunge+a+guilty+pleaPDF 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_off00010c2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001243e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1243E 17360 bytes
SHA-256: f308593ae40632d9432b8b15ecc040fdad213305f17733451d7ecd10b7b63eb2
font_02_sfnt_off000151b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151B6 10504 bytes
SHA-256: e7d7cf218dfb4dd4d36e32cdc4c8b0e8530e63ec1ee3baf701b4486e20549673