Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4aa6a7602b7a6500…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:31:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1fdd714acb6566a0d66d89a2244ed4d4 SHA-1: 604c2c683865776fc9efe88cf60d1fe07d873f77 SHA-256: 4aa6a7602b7a6500852cb251d3a9faed012a99dc7f962aaa214e0a6451c22f1b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, with critical detections indicating it is a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/zojabikuruni.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210602074519209386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1b94a0516---kukimulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aea2267a1827bd031783db5579305fd/situzenikalugebobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/in5t418f3nqp37oaidvtlg23di/60418901700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/94482380841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb41ea64cf5---nuzijitamatadozesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6075e95f76---63476118533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c53d3829a9---30445470524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35501392859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/189051217760946920dcb62.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou92ccl32hqfauj190ej7avbre/56480996775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rfojnvm21hvre8djnjb3a77ve/joxobijirinopejaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/nusipuwinidako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3872a858a0ea2fd2a3682a536961825c/71411848793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa5322d1ab02f87c511740d6ac2f48b3/46652092072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080db0c1aabb---60487058518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/68882976567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/fonerajekixixomejejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f841f1daec4fc93175fa2ef2f9c8aed/davatiwulete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021060500220381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cnmvgk3jjcstps7fvja89sfa0v/tibibotamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/zisuwigupabigexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82243578086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72083f6854a363fb2cfda84656b549c3/7635539973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjandjunemillerfarm.com/clients/75830/File/34590550186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=a+level+pure+mathematics+questions+and+answersPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC177 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d98e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD98E 11156 bytes
SHA-256: b79da08bd4d4d56699631d8bd41938d4105864025f63a27c820b88f417e73cc7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f34f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34F 16856 bytes
SHA-256: d8a3d1465fa503b0e06fb06e584bc77cb30c033d67cf6aa14ccf1f24219eef47