Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aa9307c7d392289…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:17:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fcfa7324ff891d1694396d9f5922eca0 SHA-1: 511469df748a1209988cd9b73e1ced86fbf1348f SHA-256: 8aa9307c7d392289cc1e575105e642bb050a7977ddae7779c5d82fc165378a99
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript likely attempts to redirect the user to external URLs, as indicated by the PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/48438257951.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://volandovia.it/public/fileeditor/file/79924915794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--49st2et51duvk.com/upload/files/71688156040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findacommodity.com/upload/file/novoramodezeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orikon.net/Images_upload/files/52616026514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/mejexuzavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/zofirawegikinefubekelojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fc28a7f2b---livatuxowenifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/jogokotosofulopigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcqidipdurf2qtin32hbcf5fma/guwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/nunozedigaguloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/60527343497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/83693758711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60558808369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53abedf0e3---88112517988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d88c51049---61586277133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hflfv1h6t22nl4k51jhu9cn7ap/zawafubilonevapetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/36638066759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/59766085567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b45d55dd762d95e51d8c7083421422bb/17019939485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents/files/62058526108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/92688705028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montgomery71.com/clients/34132/File/54466900753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=addition+and+subtraction+worksheet+for+grade+4PDF 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_off0000dc32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC32 16512 bytes
SHA-256: 44001c7a6b1a3f2f7eb20d42d2809eb809eeb9b9ad3bd9c6b1ff5c54a9887ac8
font_01_sfnt_off000106ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F03 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 4a3b1e24a66de32a1fab2471bc0c434db6f04ba1ad3097c8df2e224fb2eda142