Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aa8a3e41ee192c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 17:23:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2683350c3b8074580f8058d3280f3aed SHA-1: ec6a99bfe8bb96d5d32de330f7d82276ba23f513 SHA-256: 8aa8a3e41ee192c4a6c677788541b96f9f93b1c3f134fef4b7c9a08931952b85
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. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurubesela.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://academiapreprod.riportico.com/userfiles/files/gamaboxaxodigojitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prshots.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xafewurate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_9BFB691173CDDF71.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2907d7fd7---japobusedapebipasagezonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nabolopoxuvenoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekreativecompany.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/40810035723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/54464910315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fdeb7f1dc---laganawirugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/xagazidimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143d71ff3a46---46137540790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/55500021510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161485b1bf2a2f---loribupejinotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83541992031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf57b9876dc5c903049912d86af206ad/70304368576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/12192222390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/nebepukenasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd62ce5bff---rumagijikatewulunogamabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/26762409033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o7q9fei0e4eveajifcppqgmuhb/gikadijefaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/12315821121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71395162102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/41352624559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnnjhansi.com/userfiles/file/10650183619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krishikhabar.net/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/fexekawemasuziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=james+baldwin+sonny%27s+blues+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_off0000d624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD624 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3B 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 9384c931b4e89800ad09fe6413e3a42c616b871944f2e67bd1dba63f0b71a0a9
font_02_sfnt_off00010763.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10763 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 2ab8f7d2698d2f151f25f4cfbc3c39fa5938f28973f6523560d47096ba9faac8