Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aa3f8c797e47134…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:51:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b480d21832e1b0f7d4ba501dea698957 SHA-1: 6890bbf30a15e503565ed97990c32097e84f8b74 SHA-256: 8aa3f8c797e471340a2407e92e1250543a181eaf233f2ed5a63a90cd0153ad01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised CMS uploads. The combination of JavaScript execution and redirection to external sites strongly suggests a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dr+strange+love+streaming PDF link annotation
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396ab347a01---74934932770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37930948319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c762d85b2d502f684990cde932c49c73/17727998996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/10576397123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/jazuwodesidexetajezaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicityokolo.com/file/karafuvutavalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b552d10b1232a2c70ded96b19352eb0c/40093573722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/zixalerarubuzezamujovikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danfort.lv/userfiles/file/pakigewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143631d9940e---sunasuledametido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaitinhdien.com/app/webroot/upload/files/xotuzogivipodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/9647186506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/banegilabowesumevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/73466972710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37877788961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnjhanoi.com/upload/files/xorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613433b35dcd8---rodiwaxebazegide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi-m.ru/userfiles/file/16599784011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldstat.ww.tj/img/file/87991805335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/71204149984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/96873543034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phu-komplex.pl/pliki/file/75704056107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojosalomedez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/fiwekutudisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/wubinitewiduluridubolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/fipefeziwitenudejewep.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_off0000e9da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DA 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 01ed5b778037193a41907906cf26d2d9589dd53bc56637cf1f02361ffa7353b7
font_01_sfnt_off000101c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C8 18788 bytes
SHA-256: c82fadac009232694a5e702354360f1eabbf8ef05dd80e4501fc8ea90ad82976
font_02_sfnt_off000132b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1