Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa54471d7ae72b54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 17:12:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4bfa69f27f50bc7ffe37d59235be35c7 SHA-1: f5ccf563bdb609a140c42b686654f34c63b3fa75 SHA-256: aa54471d7ae72b549ba26ad5a88f818f2a158ac8f570026b1c4ff13ae30a36e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://kildevangen.dk/files/80112387933.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eyescare.vn/app/webroot/upload/ckfinder/files/dubiwujoxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverk.ru/img/lib/file/80965819029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/sarasodilesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4of100churchstreet.com/assets/media/files/69979424429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/tonuvarimujajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ctbguteehkho5h.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivutetakogesejusulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/38757651816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charolais-hessen.de/write/userfiles/file/koroxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/10314395029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o51491m3rd0fjit4ve5h6rtop2/zezila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukujepuwudagunimusekebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/86399809778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytshirtcreator.com/app/webroot/files/file/rebubudujolitexuroguratad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/986ab43901e91ffa1948c5a44713338f/62679809910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/kofenotugajuriledasedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideal-site.ru/userfiles/file/rimosotolavudanax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8250e4b589dff2326e8745d98b14a03e/povet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxish.com/ckfind_image/files/nubifaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/66330056005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90573045114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/57226954860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b7f642887---vakerefufugelelij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casalindasbakery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurokudewemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makeyourpartnermelt.com/userfiles/file/84421257074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=mi+box+iosPDF 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_off0000e022.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE022 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 3fbb9dd9681c539c1df00573438863c407ac76c8857779dab4cbcf3cacf950d5
font_01_sfnt_off00010ccf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CCF 9696 bytes
SHA-256: 7a9f6eac5aefacb90777d5b5498d45b75e3759180fcba879200a16bce8d56717
font_02_sfnt_off0001220e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1