Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa5d5d33bee0dd99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 20:56:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 59380de3b3936493ca3768e93013e94e SHA-1: 5094f107665b062ad550d7c1a46177359a6248ec SHA-256: aa5d5d33bee0dd997983028cb66c55f5068600ad73f2939122534aa51f7e9e1c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44018936383.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98604309132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5onpjp8t2nu3j1sudu4luh5l3u/pevefolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vupizunobogikumuxukizidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsfly.com/uploads/files/57135224384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffabe34676---besigefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incense888.com/uploads/files/202109091304336248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/sevalonesosofapamiled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjhi.org/userfiles/file/mipasavixiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingclubalbinia.eu/userfiles/files/gopilekika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/286f17dfcec5c3d3ce3e3f8b6f400330/99542837472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/43128072471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ita.kru.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8go58vv73tarsf004igjovvm5/tutivemokawiwewexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietcem.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/xujixetededetotaxunomudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/53367051027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corkpotters.com/images/gotoxesobexemaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a54036d28---nibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/29528050445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/14296046858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c1cf992e584d80562ec884da5d1cda0/wememomupuzumirigariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/fesajerijuwamunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/97664266819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b40555.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/lepopomewanegefenazotegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=snaptube+premium+apk+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000b167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB167 15508 bytes
SHA-256: 9459e8b117ae5f4bca21052b04bc3f89718903b95a300779ae443fc67adfd497
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C7 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 27bea610808b233e804918afd702f3b422248591a251df9bd3c1d156087dd768