Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa0a4e850465020c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 06:46:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d22e30887cee0b1c0a3835bd66c5c78d SHA-1: 51a83dbc39ded7fa00a03f76c62ab594315bc506 SHA-256: aa0a4e850465020c0fd86cc5c2f121b9276244bf7ab3633491f5cc8a9c45e6bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e37c33dc6---37127944920.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/74156500908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/51272733058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdxqw.com/uploadfile/file/vipejogub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/fibiwojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/13142821492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360a3151251---fominugivupuvimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1088694411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12398046401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eniedu.com/data/file/20210913171037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranfeng.com/userfiles/file/2021-9///202192614486823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/megejesuperugujomadunuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eapver.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109170026254189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/75176454788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bb17ccdccfe95d0f757c3f7bdc89930/bijozukirupetufomafodaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/fabogopika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80719241614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/zateka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npk-bypassdrr2.com/file_media/file_image/file/wetifarivetumejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/30229900696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfumes.dropship-tracking.com/userfiles/files/77730340300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwlpsalisbury.com/uploads/files/nibulaxeravatokovojizenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jowinbio.com/upload/files/202109141052223338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupelimuvonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/86184501904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=brain+wars+gamePDF 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_off0000ec2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2B 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 54e3e6d0b8e40fa3c91854d0c7e256540267c4a4a5115eefdb88d15865813f01
font_01_sfnt_off00010373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10373 18140 bytes
SHA-256: 4cf00a2f82207881e02efb069a3b8f24b7eac1f97a777d8910eef8a945df5d3c
font_02_sfnt_off00013249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13249 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1