Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0a3aba131a7e90a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-12 13:46:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b4df6460f02b7f5988b5ff1b0b2327fd SHA-1: eadd5471c023695742f2c410bd27140a0865db8a SHA-256: f0a3aba131a7e90a2630a14234b72b4098c98d0de2bf3c0e028910848a60f4a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links. These links point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, characteristic of phishing or spam campaigns designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=compartir+archivos+en+mi+red+wifi PDF link annotation
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/54484010643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomortiga.com/contents//files/32895162162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/midoxinumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/82605950955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prolocolidodisavio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94649344900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khacdautron.com/Images_upload/files/18858112190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinkler.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gavesixojojezumewabawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/bubividawolevawodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pactforfamilies.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajojewepanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiwum.wyryki.eu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67827177981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7beebf16128b81f91e9ac914612cb394/13648346116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b21a0c643---53675889712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/37743814208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079582d77ede---75178654825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3ab7392666b0e2e3333b88d3f435df8/22125387249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/54140844285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f0c03706c---62067745707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/vomepavojijowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd595031b5---19256880543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91df6827d780cfef40913e1fc05336ca/kisonuxexutuvaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewemapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/732012fce7374179e51fd6938e2a537f/26204066343.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_off0000f6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F0E 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 7e7d826da518029064ad918ff46821a75beab9ebf274b113ff01b2b56012fe0e
font_02_sfnt_off0001289e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289E 17460 bytes
SHA-256: c2b85dd1d6f475cd454297d57b05924b0f456d61972e21ed9c19a69f003e5038