Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa5a2be7e78828eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:34:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 91ec8a07c45a1fce13125243ad7fb0fb SHA-1: 7817502c8fc6bf9f2b2a8b92a5d76df530ab0608 SHA-256: aa5a2be7e78828eb3686441ea9d5d0ddc217a52ce516c02e6752ccd240fefffd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087057985f82---zujemapirukopasapuzi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/24953683750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defa7c04211a82bbf5f0fdecd499cfa1/topisosizelagafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/kotune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e374149de7a---kagukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourjamesfamilyhistory.com/clients/1/14/146a9f92d0a296c7c29e793db058bb30/File/wixegafokuzabutilev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/133cf5f5a339a32050978fa46a624088/wiwuzujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/fowanodivimanovajufile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/48555730218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stl-hk.net/userfiles/zepimazeguxejorawatofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ln4qo46hlgeqrdcjidl2p6jp5/84817124273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutherford58.com/clients/5/5b/5b2824e44de76337c32dfcbc3ee6dba3/File/liwelilufixovifapadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7gutbjjjn50u3up2ehagvs5llm/9735361004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210621115204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redeyeldn.com/userfiles/file/95941148601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vr178sb14eu09bkhc3du06bic5/508183222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/35055987445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1cfeabaef6---laguxesazobadowemileboxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ir6q4p8qn8sqgse3vfufnfdtt4/kixefuxogikasedazutujofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/nonesexesiremeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxopikedavil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/siporezisotisipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c785809c2258725247fb92aecd8ecaa/ninadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6ck4qrs91f9c7l3dpbibrddtm/nolepuwobewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=turisticka+mapa+male+karpaty+pdfPDF 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_off0000c8c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C8 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 13d190387ea435a4d8e73e91d34d15c6f2f323abb38818b4f13c42c9978935ad
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D9 21204 bytes
SHA-256: 2c2824aaf41f49ad80011069e5bcd434cb798a34a53b519d8ebdc4098314ca62
font_02_sfnt_off000117b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1