Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4aa9d8fc80b2b386…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 03:24:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ee434c790509353211abbf18caf72490 SHA-1: 37de64b1bc238961e430e39ce758bf97bfa4def2 SHA-256: 4aa9d8fc80b2b3861a476dee35b24c06d3e478fbc6abb04d63880c602264bcad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guardian+of+law PDF link annotation
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853f9c00554---tifefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5560f1e12476f060bb5585a7debe1a43/rodoxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d468db616bedcc6712867212229f1c6/34329396252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e63a0dace225c138b788b33e9857a4a7/99716705632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/vuwedidufejokoduwozulefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/doxejumewedefovizunelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68767640753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vut8j0gmpet00a2keqevfqpui5/47219494445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/95307991232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105181202426900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/kikigewitafuximaxebisogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67bc0d2884065fc6593812b79f308d8a/82880955176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/vadejavovevuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejesaxododupijafepowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/70064047839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/fofiluwomixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/79214985856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://from.ua/upload/articles/2021/06/24/files/38662239745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duwedoralewetutovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54398525808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/52392759398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1bb93231fa---45128228696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87454341820.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_off0000ece7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE7 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 3eb3b41ac70e541d9f0b33290fe8bd7358054d86c14cbeb9acf488a839648c4b
font_01_sfnt_off000103b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B8 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 9e9215b7e46355cd9ef8da740c1984f5c4da3424d0b97a75dd5391af5fcb9b8d
font_02_sfnt_off000131dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1