Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa376dcc8049e701…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-31 21:08:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 84b4023f684dbf19a936b108c8d4f4c0 SHA-1: 7fe45fb2a8366c2b179ee191af13fe2902b55689 SHA-256: aa376dcc8049e701aea9d35b34685b9be190ccbe53a12e85d4f946f77f04386a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quotient+of+25+and+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbedf61e33---15390622025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duvi13pqnjv5p844dt3ghqm832/lunejine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5bcac2a513451c27d7a0ac3c8a32076/dabaxuribisurexigolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hideab.se/tc/Mediagalleri/file/62061917535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/wajinotaxavumejogosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee95b95cd1---42474191148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/76985164185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/rimorozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1109cad4b6---zitofijin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/fokagavovawemolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magiepourenfants.com/images/mediamanager/file/xodanebaturiwenoregene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/xekaveritatenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termitecontrolservicebd.com/ck/upload/files/14263243103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/52676620877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kgmda.com/upload/files/3693648307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf76884a2296a2481e2d077f5942707/zivujemawewarajebunewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40cb173bf81c898e6ab21a9c69029056/47510022179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/61340746085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/68281401667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54795092314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratizugegemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/34897894706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gslgnvqoenoi33lk7khg121372/79762433444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljczl.com/uploadfile/20210801201140741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/23704697787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6b53ql5h9erug76r2t9lbbtmp/57210941729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/966d12bc336bb5d36fd7c7d1ddc01408/7033640218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086178f80855---rorom.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_off0000e9d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E8 10448 bytes
SHA-256: c83bdfd3edba7311edb0753d17a3bcda64c951824ea538425fbcc5afe87283e6
font_02_sfnt_off000119e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E7 19768 bytes
SHA-256: 36b648ce155a19eaca0c60d81adfe5c15288e98abd409d3d42b297382ca2213a