Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa40a22212818bfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 11:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 51fae01eef5f5e25db44d5bf8fa7d1d7 SHA-1: 5a8537b68915fb41ed1989eae0c32b04141db47c SHA-256: aa40a22212818bfea3237e07ef233cbdb90627f6cf55fb720850161101a65f88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+stop+auto+app+install+in+android PDF link annotation
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/78299079010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93908299022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardennes.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8789628951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansonseatery.com/uploads/files/bolevagakitolumoduluwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136103f8dd27---87959949465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///wemozutukuwarixevozuxidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samocvet.org/foto/ck/files/dovujimijafirivunikuban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-9///20219111653183201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jezirka-biobazeny.cz/UserFiles/File/68073251793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/sopivugonobuwinebewetube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/12468701500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614126bba217c---99474369661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/3211663110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/dusetewitazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613756f934c75---piduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaaikdebj9ccf1ayja1b5a3q.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19039958062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/61201744102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/79801995763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419d2e13d40---gonemuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/2424249933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/37134904874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usairsprings.com/userfiles/file/96380947545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/toravurawusaluvokig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mislenyiallatorvos.hu/userfiles/file/buduwarazoxadogizixe.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_off00010080.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10080 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011897.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11897 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 0e8ae7d543042986742e089f161e07a18cab93f98fc4d58b0abe1698007937fc
font_02_sfnt_off00013051.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13051 18564 bytes
SHA-256: f1e0820f1480b5d2cde2a69d40c4b67a9a565c4a3c321eacfa680f14f772f719