Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5aaf5994555c7f89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:31:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fd1f025ab7952c17662d355373a6562f SHA-1: 837b6ae334c211f93487fa6099bc06b50ef0c984 SHA-256: 5aaf5994555c7f89eda846b8710d1a2bc1f89e44e6a8dadb9c9c1a1d8664063d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or redirection to malicious content, while the link farm aims to obscure the true destination and evade basic URL reputation checks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf95cb2104---59110553320.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.minaakshimajumdar.com/fckimages/file/nubigepanegurula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/63036751947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroear.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikojudas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/tufisugubafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d36fe4c3ade---48595158356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707876279e8---lusuraniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvarkagidierzincan.com/userfiles/file/sixuvejudarisivalidelukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6b86d9f0c---51001227012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074bda5e980d---67880906510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/20900810346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/radebajebusakixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7g92mjngu6cqi3a4isioudkrl5/45554055134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1d13651fe---gulokigamoxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90167447807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/zidijonawewefigilifopetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88055267879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/vekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b80d6eda9---44498524215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/nanigazutinopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunwisechem.com/Uploadfiles/files/15761452794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cr2tek.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/14957258648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/mareketijanonakexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/89778015510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/31826039160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=hydrogen+and+hydridePDF 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_off0000d1e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1E7 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 44c712add744aaeeceb5d64efe2086c50dd5ee10422a3db68fc788c7d6ab3326
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11739 10320 bytes
SHA-256: c293c4dbafd7646543b4787f631418c0133a29aa3dfa9dca3e4de8a311e16d24