Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aad729c0c62bf6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:25:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 212491ebf172997be86adcd649b58a9a SHA-1: b5585c3a0cba656782d32c718021eaf15b150532 SHA-256: 0aad729c0c62bf6b2c9756b7cc646cd86f22ef48715f1afd775e023d56178d7c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple link farms pointing to other PDFs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6g3tt08amlc44qng9lfgjc751/27891450755.pdf
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/savalasika.pdf
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/65366891363.pdf
    • https://xn--atpta-nfb.lv/images/userfiles/files/79596479651.pdf
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d5aa5f5b6430c182b6e88e21a6c1f10/99935024972.pdf
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/sikejamu.pdf
    • http://ceramkgres.ru/userfiles/file/6485100263.pdf
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57670eee24---72683078451.pdf
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/46578929149.pdf
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/dovititivariwewazoluteb.pdf
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/womax.pdf
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd48f017daadfa8f100c388d0779152/xokafazomimim.pdf
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/wolilexava.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c91f4d97d---wekenipopumepuze.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e7c7a924a---7835223628.pdf
    • http://spoilersmensgolfclub.com/clients/865201/File/17953777296.pdf
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/latatevefumewijiz.pdf
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maminemokisepexotidugu.pdf
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/fobofuwegakazezewodujal.pdf
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/gezok.pdf
    • http://cyuansheng.com/userfiles/file/xosusulexerixivavijed.pdf
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/68137960845.pdf
    • http://feast.to/upd_file/sapatusobuw.pdf
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/biduxa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=importance+of+educational+technology+in+teaching+and+learning+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6fc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff13.bin
65890fd37a26c7d22f411b9a44964f69453064e5576d630a56d49519b0cc4a8a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF13 11064 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011862.bin
31c23fb3dfb79647da97cd57183b037f6e473f4810493eae86bf8959fe6a4649
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11862 17684 bytes