Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa1a73553d08ea08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:53:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 38ffa667d567f1c33c28257a52a4523b SHA-1: f7b9826e53375a3a0ec267eabac420a2cd04cd4f SHA-256: aa1a73553d08ea088e524bd211c1ef28dd2c583a1dd3aee4914845a5f032b02b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are used to distribute further malicious content or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cyberpunk+2020+books+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/22410122222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjahfg.pl/upload/file/vetifogose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/farapufukumaduvomajevitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akilanews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a578831f4---rilukomosufemajeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/rurosidoduwokogemudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/23456621990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-m.com/userfiles/file/mirusakufawizidigevubetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c9dbc6f0d---19224281950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekstelekom.com/userfiles/file/dukikofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/65283621186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/71285913647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b30607042---80136412483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/tevimuwekizere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezibiwifurikala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/lulisunivixopewebonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/pipijenojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134230557f6e---duvutusexujilodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/3190953259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/13581986256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazomotor.com/allinone/file/27379843324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14021314161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangtatmj.com/userfiles/loxopurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613509d50a474---46733431541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/68172427271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/91368207932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88134426040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c868.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC868 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 62fc8b9acb85f08960592032c18fa12c965728f62c10daa90642155b8d3a8d7e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF566 10812 bytes
SHA-256: e1af8c32d43742e38821f54392dbbdeecc3b269e2c68805901a51a00b50380f0
font_02_sfnt_off00010e4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1