Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ae9a9b3717b135a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:14:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3ac426f939499d6ceaafb92a42a93645 SHA-1: 7194d8aad6f762f84401f003a91b784d5910fa33 SHA-256: 7ae9a9b3717b135aa21eb17a11476be625427dd06d4144d96145546679a678d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple links pointing to various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or link farms, suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially phish users or deliver further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dv2751cvoluiub27b5fds0k18/duzukovetetesotuvogataj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/63623863745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/gejomesafuzuwudilamoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f067f2d85---ronarixobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9m65vpfnkfr48thl3cma0qk00/43235991602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/solowomusedapufezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.eu/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///zapezulukeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvubaove.online/upload/files/nurunigeguzepijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/70297787891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/49439177781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb69b4a8ce---95049415117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lekodofakumijesejozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27da5b1bad031e350acfd84c82e581ba/kirasajanaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d1c752f27---59917140788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/niwovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/vaxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/bagemilidawetubimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tusifamovoxumuxadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca40553e89---30805960956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddgasul.com/userfiles/file/20266268932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/runonegetiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb90nov6c2kqu9b3ejr6h5b4r7/97176148812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78093748776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/781890cca16d09964e42049d91aab55c/12119972947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210614_FCB679E5ACFFFD83.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=all+bollywood+songs+lyrics+pdfPDF 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_off000162dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162DC 18756 bytes
SHA-256: b9e2b894731aba9478ddbf73e3ae04849ef409fc967ea648c2d289cd8231e351
font_01_sfnt_off000193e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x193E5 10724 bytes
SHA-256: d553ceb97e9f476d92f6e1cc524c70a13524ea221f51cb34cd28a133028b5d78
font_02_sfnt_off0001ac3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AC3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1