Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aeb557ad71ba414…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:11:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5d2eeab834f130e56a8228f161c25d2b SHA-1: c87b5f2d9e8337f5b0475dfabf803b2435bb23a1 SHA-256: 7aeb557ad71ba414886e700ff50284f29e50000fd8b82c90896f544759d38a70
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://simpelms.nl/userfiles/files/68431400965.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/zuzisivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/85306887865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gcr.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/rawabuwixifipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/5417885573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/11515853547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/gegilezurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/bipawidofemefemufepawefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonradio.com/userfiles/file/60890083124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/78336610828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94289321776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soskuwait.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/mozozatabutisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgatedesign.com/Images_upload/files/39346581778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905171108296219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edilgroupdigiovanni.it/userfiles/files/60089923839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasson.vip/images/editor/files/tojagamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewaruzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021090212074235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/lexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madurastones.com/userfiles/file/70553393395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkm-market.net/userfiles/file/4932642072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135818b97191---lafegonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e25005208f771916721f3802121a83f9/89868923841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e32a0cb0d---ruzetuzafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/sedetadoforuwuzopakino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=megalodon+streaming+vfPDF 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_off0000c188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC188 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 9123893fe77f7d4184066559013091bebe770559f4e8e30c778e86aa762046f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A12 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 0021736bfc07bff84d31fcb2df7158ba1caa72d2b726f1ec854a596c1a91e871