Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9aecd61445562e32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:21:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3e12f222f938d42901158d59fd41d35c SHA-1: 258e1f83eec0a89226694aa1bb795e076b6d7125 SHA-256: 9aecd61445562e323575f22d75b4a6e31f201c3ed6d51817840289e8aa3864c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users through these compromised hosts. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b586139a17e---49257720383.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0n7pklgqt7lb0q8sum020a5i2/poxoxoxeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210507110602193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talani.nl/userfiles/image/file/jivotemavus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8b2e93b38---podobumiruninevolowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/396b8f76e9b4e426465a7911db82e333/dodotabolimobutekobaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/43552960620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e5099e457d0c192b649ffa65ed52d61/salesemufola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160877a6be68c5---razulinusedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jsdpt1dullb76o613btgkb7tc/25141700620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafileleje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609737cf66748---zusajozasumepudagofazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbb91181cca5c08e5b845d62771f5a7d/nififuwamijemujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63a95e54f2a2255ad3dfc80dcd86d130/sopitepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc6ffbc45c---98329322637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b539dcb5078782d260afbf2346798ae4/56006893473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/toboguvaxadipoxesowoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/495q6l7758r8eg1ia82iqi9slo/wajuxatokubupaferivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a48ea7a31---16234611091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamslakeband.org/userfiles/file/vepalimote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/zozevajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021050303092673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6adbc08ec---miviwukobotojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/vusuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/silufitebafusuroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modumerasareju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/wodebugejosowidevujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=linksys+wrt54gs+router+manualPDF 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_off00010070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10070 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 2294fbfffa85b6671dff3757b6eca7a2288ba57c4da4fb30e123d6981a39a2d7
font_01_sfnt_off00011a2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001323d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1323D 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 6f99774eb3c8a930754f960faac6444298c19fb9cf7dedd1dccf953a72c0dea1