Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa3cd1d8794921e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 00:45:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2cd2ea357084d7aec0cc089580a7b352 SHA-1: defc603c0d3e407773f06e86b70d8d1d3c6f3938 SHA-256: aa3cd1d8794921e9b63899ba40ea1f5a75d8d1412dc9d79560d1defc445ef694
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://razredna-nastava.net/files/80465349266.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613334d05ea37---57959279950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0048.pl/48files/file/86843056619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9784d61b6---13638821867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/domukorekodevexilubukosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-is.com/userfiles/file/18418441374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a805c18ab---51870820171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lj-group.cn/upload/files/87735742145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wavolimemunimiruxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heureka-cz.eu/files/zufepanetajigesebibelugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134cfd961a81---85283866679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uh22h8f0bia16m9rreqrt56rp5/85928341286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/pajemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a79383251d---lusunivukajabexidiwunivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avon-bratislava.sk/files/files/gopode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/74602832407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhnienxp.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/21372116499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxuvuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/vakikakuvozibugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serihosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/97063145896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/24210315070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136194353e9b---mekaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=anti+radares+androidPDF 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_off0000ca6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e27c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27C 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 4535157fe7cdffaadb57cd9870ee9a37507cf1b483030c85d1fd1de584204481
font_02_sfnt_off0001115c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1115C 10176 bytes
SHA-256: 3dc22676a786b2d76d14a847977af1c1ff103825ad503d238f1e20738e6ab080