Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aebc100f8608178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-29 13:37:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1db627cda7dee55d75c87d28836b6111 SHA-1: 7fee2244599b4b5dca825b1ca4d783e02c5d7031 SHA-256: 0aebc100f860817868dae26cc28df7a2837086fe8db3708e51eaa34cfa9e2cac
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 hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=do+you+have+to+decarb+before+using+magical+butter PDF link annotation
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/8124748335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161027ef0af1f3---50802341024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/22819230237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/62604194598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66850b3a5010a23fcb86fdd0346e0a8b/kesus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/paremadupidojinubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r35dvo7m7gjh7okk455av4sao5/92047842526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/tukelodosuxupiwolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076309dbe779---22073130229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlmahtani.com/userfiles/files/losaxagifuvixoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abc352c0a6---35557222738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetarefufalakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/xizipavekefulorusadipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19b3n9pmn1sasbfod76bs1fcih/42214977864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/28922951604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/29915768896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/gimefozawelit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmradiatoriai.lt/images/files/pagitasinizusemitexasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/kobukixefuwimafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a19e9e4818dfa30dcb3229c5a8aa4c44/46654610969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/tikopobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82502989994.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_off00010160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10160 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11977 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 5914ab37aebfdea1abdcf8da2523c5f5fb001e89b0843ee686250e935b81e0ec
font_02_sfnt_off000133c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C8 17032 bytes
SHA-256: ff47fd858fa85d3f38e51955aea2b66bb725c3eb215b17c225efaeadd5233f70