Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9aea0fe2888f605c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:45:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e38163e6b6e9bc4e1d29425343cb7112 SHA-1: d3251725429900dd284007d58ff9b1e2a72dc257 SHA-256: 9aea0fe2888f605c74b87b364e4aee28eb619cf5df2fd6441ec21f49eeafe14b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting it's designed to distribute further malware. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dejede.com/userfiles/file/rexizakutinikudutajenure.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9c923d224---jazuwilovokusakumubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidoneliwijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4045cd27a266d9a97dcbb70200b0b08e/47521053049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6p692kj52hu0uqn5onqtpfs8vo/jixikafotiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/rawetafokogonazolumupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd7566dee2---45989313592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e6f699628---4347909750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/fadodexojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/57408974263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092602031ec9---41296476827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ee69c33aa6eda3133894caa4d83b9c0/77774156794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ccff8fac1e80f4d5449c7e6f960ae2/mivutesomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrocare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopomibedetud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbc3a60118---vesasoweseweduveruto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e81a88abbb---vidogutozigulokuzonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097814487908---38045148926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1992fee10a---wusudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab918fa02ca---begoduzixonirirezabinub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixidasapuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/kukubixesewovobemuzubivak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=important+questions+for+class+12+chemistry+cbse+board+2020PDF 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_off0000e5f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F8 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 5d1373d759d9b714e16b18a019c5eded103a8cd73e9131783eefd586c950fc4e
font_01_sfnt_off000112d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012aee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AEE 11628 bytes
SHA-256: c60a35a532f919a8164e4ba807c4470e87ea8112a0668611acf8b0ef7d808cb2