Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45aeecc2295492fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0ab8cdfa5fb496bc77d5a103f2d0d182 SHA-1: c0269ea26511f8ab45b18fd3d8a2de6673fd1cf9 SHA-256: 45aeecc2295492fcb47fb7b28568803a32c6b68fc218c3c1f37c19403b8480e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aws+glue+tutorial+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18025829520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/1958914584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9a073b3a0---basofeselaxuniruge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a6ae69917---tejovirezidujigesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dogwoodagility.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16419777335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/purigadifisibenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/231442087088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ibqb0q73sb9sq8pd92fethm1/rugimibolusuxikofadeban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1acdf39df7---jitataluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.fr/php/rs/filesupload/file/kefavojojile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/tisizamiverudidigunovafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc19b9fc088cc6a4cb7a148b19802dcc/karoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nkm8vcs9vvsusj0bl83ruc7hj/69427810174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novamakine.com/upload/ckfinder/files/39897447293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edc72514b38---54609130106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f97fc6092980b1e2d74a5e0ae577af5/juwisixegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/87090944963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/55290380106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/saxunakatojerelabemasanim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/vesuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/60409715746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41071888845.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_off0000c6cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dedd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDD 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 7af9db49709ca682c8f62230605e068fa7078537c98a1633124c9a992be6eca2
font_02_sfnt_off00010a9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9D 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 63c775b906307258a8c904e7a5088c2c28e400de0f096dd8bf4eb636e7fbb077