Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de0a8e5e42b279aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-10-06 14:46:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 6825aa0772bf46b87285c5a50e369482 SHA-1: 0613062ae1f6a7ac5aa26a889397cf87de94d642 SHA-256: de0a8e5e42b279aa12907e8c8c7153713223ccf658e21dd5a3040d7e4f4c6a84
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, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=72+pt+equals+how+many+gallons PDF link annotation
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/33121384503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/22688334790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/58338155435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/35824235440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/29515909278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/95409552036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkokmagnetwire.com/ecodev_test/image_system/files/kekigozigejakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/josaxagewarugoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cf2019.codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94468194017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/kobijemulipata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/zumovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammed.com/userfiles/file/zilazonurezubobupitoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents/files/38307637549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfef6cf2691289e9903d16baa074c9ff/82969389683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sireberimolamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/bowozirijebubaxekiguninum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1631603286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supremeroi.com/FCKeditor/file/mowodaxugeduvomewuvavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_FAE2A5BCEBDBBF6A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b08488ebbf---kipuvametol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/46536345303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/wadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d1338020d2edcb3d3a42cfc6a67a99f/62734405963.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_off0000c9c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9C8 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 8d33c6394005a0c394e2efc91a832440a3462ffd6a5670a3295236653855ef02
font_01_sfnt_off0000e329.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE329 20636 bytes
SHA-256: 8eaecfb01e3e19261e7be6d6ed802f139579c454faa518193df91d993877e13d
font_02_sfnt_off0001180f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1