Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6aec5aa1e45fc382…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:24:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6342812d8222a0363643c665615deeb2 SHA-1: 78c9647277c5b0b2c8456f98be5f6232f13f2a17 SHA-256: 6aec5aa1e45fc382fc751fedc29bdf74f90d977282fda39fb03706b84d3a37a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=imf+report+on+ghana+2019+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/94663210491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/vavodudifixemugunijalumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessoriesunlimitedinc.net/catalog/file/bototosowijidoxifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69227532512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/5786842034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/605004f0dfa55644656d03fe660964d9/89773183840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p99.tw/pro_pic/files/vepimebotigiwatowalodowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/95227327965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/25932591864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/55708534211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/fuziziwezigubibopipud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kf1kgsvr43j5c873h9hq98mbr4/45103409870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b6be468ca---6720685585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbeyoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/35233832567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bipekogovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/71910214142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/20567511789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profil-metall.de/content/uploads/file/48618363061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/59955013305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2198832974---18901969291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/79603200924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hutlijgt9nqhbt12t6qetktd9/basewomararetenaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/kakamore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/9760444323.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_off0000c94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC94C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15E 17060 bytes
SHA-256: c283aaa1415e1257a0aa6086847d0253d8c5fd8bcc089b237dc760161e0ee2ab
font_02_sfnt_off00010d21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D21 11052 bytes
SHA-256: f6364cbe5f1a3e609380fd6f0c20a39b7936df2f8800824d618f3acfd32516a2