Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1aa5666b3a66e9bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:55:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f36c8a9ef97708d8c5b97f853149ba69 SHA-1: 5276ab3e76b78d7d98c9ecbe810d1f3afa41292e SHA-256: 1aa5666b3a66e9bd9535468d8a8348a61fbf51abe8c4175252aeb8b0dc449c12
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. Several heuristics indicate that the document is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0b0ae7da9e1fb60bfdeb2112cf5d2e9/rolonawivapawose.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/gonokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwwilson.com/uploads/files/70852051366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/70745810288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/paxotowubideji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/borigajozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/teritusizenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqua4you.hu/userfiles/file/86593368491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/jexiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086eb44d234a---reduleviganedipupudedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/ravogavulukuputuzukodine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents//files/65873207023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tincorner.vn/uploads/files/38020436152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retta-bg.com/userfiles/zodumunugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cancelaria.pl/galeria/file/gezotonixobavudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/vuwuvolavuwiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/zozadawerovuloduvevokire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a15f86173034367925ab2af43b17d0d/21977918445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/zenudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morufizulitekugaduxugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c953629f44---65971595769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd747ba379---9003462575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90103764840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bff88f8aa---zezitupadur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/puxakanoxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+postscript+contains+transparency+pdfmarkPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/88645304514.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_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 11008 bytes
SHA-256: fd819495f6c7b4e45efb7c35f125aa1a240313d5e6675232daaee7cdd6fb3cf3
font_01_sfnt_off000104ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CE 19148 bytes
SHA-256: f1454d1c3dd22aa085302311bc10e81818f32ca1bb495b1910b438c15d2dc9d3
font_02_sfnt_off000136ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1