Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa39a1f403ba69ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:10:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 745d4ecf64915adfc946410ec8c54d9b SHA-1: 9eb3f9e059e0e2a061453fedbbb06c39124d04d2 SHA-256: aa39a1f403ba69ad90ddae136fb2835b30f7e889bef4cfb4a6912c79ce644e11
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a lure to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://humanlitech.com/files/files/97399584349.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pikhospital.com/ck_uploads/uploads/files/dasowibozikegabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315d1a9dc2b---67416641332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/34919598744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/rafosokobuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/nozapemav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/41193625189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109020925104220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e4b13c127---35210340742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/sabumopupinara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easresidence.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/36879203629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130658926dee---donelefiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/kajajofago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/30442322769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82bac79dd2e68787f7882216c84382ef/bovarazodagumawilibukusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/tinesafurosagolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pactforfamilies.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2479820231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d5b267d2f---29208223711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3931076825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbaeihgganggf9ajkncugh2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/26691580210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/36386122223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=best+mobile+os+uiPDF 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_off0000f3ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3FF 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 2337e18ac5d8be7cd1a87103e059af4eac21465117d2575920cd32b9ed9f56ea
font_01_sfnt_off00012200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12200 10196 bytes
SHA-256: 56fc9a088cfd599790ee3cea0e6c3b5cbef926e2130f5e99bfd655755dab7f82
font_02_sfnt_off000138f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1