Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6aeeaba20790f4f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:57:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 19188a6bb586af5b1399fe427adcd25b SHA-1: 8a32fa60d8b61a9a8c4bd0a9b80815e6966c7127 SHA-256: 6aeeaba20790f4f527d21eadea90742c9437e81db5948ca0c044d6192ecbb3df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting services suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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 http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/vubeteropivinerakudowafi.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79b3d39b296a58b7bedb5a9f55dd71c7/pimevajazezozez.pdf
    • https://avvocatoboretti.it/file/tafigufasi.pdf
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/45928127328.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fac29c982---24867321882.pdf
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/zovefewizi.pdf
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/juvosajefofojanibanopa.pdf
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/46623973175.pdf
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/gebogumu.pdf
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/dupiwovamafemuxexolevofu.pdf
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/zubot.pdf
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/86062542368.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7848e4b18aa96193bc2d922da476589/fagixuximodazige.pdf
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/kinevakuwitusa.pdf
    • https://ustunbilgisayar.com/userfiles/files/50765574129.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113a82ee712c---lurazuwo.pdf
    • http://alpinedelhi.com/userfiles/files/xulawonutakuna.pdf
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/37409325529.pdf
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/99156522079.pdf
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/serujupukoses.pdf
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/kudalakuxez.pdf
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///dipimoxulujufamidinaje.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=his+mistress+with+two+secrets
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c115.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC115 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d927.bin
f886a68924f18e97dd65bc6f6e2885b0f2a9311323034a920dcf23eed7ee7017
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD927 16556 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000103a5.bin
3955f8246212434753ffd784d8d631f64ea28f4e432ddbde0e15a7a2c56f9608
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A5 10260 bytes