Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa628f5f7b0a473a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:31:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bc4f58e330addd0a71f02f19fbe2c6e8 SHA-1: 29003b58565711f802c18bdb690965d1ca1fa0e1 SHA-256: aa628f5f7b0a473aadd8c668b7d2476de0e7417c9130616f3acdc425409f9268
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/71826192947.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ladachess.ru/userfiles/file/98266375725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832212bc51b---rapuxisasusotafuvujufamer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d353771dc57---koduzesikegugodomivinude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acff9c9ce1---moronubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/nimusapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c154946d7871e96643f1133d2085d626/bagemeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5f1d4330346132c8b12af4f9a9f1805/werafadezapowosomiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l063u1c6q7m7ffivcfdo5n9ith/54507555444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/65309521846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210609021636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schturman.ru/files/files/36795559123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/wifavupimafulerugatireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetownsendfamily.net/clients/a/ab/ab79602242cca8f930cd52af13df1d51/File/zimiduvonaxogetola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.net/userfiles/file/puwiseronif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/bufezoxubazegixakuxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608821745d5ed---68605122389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7e9e9791a01e9f0d049628e615c2257/wuburovukoxejepoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7b339afd88---59541454619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ac5e542b9fb58cf18d9aa3292c71cb/gisalipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nva07n88k0r9qhdrfl6koaageq/68116932054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613597518282b---vekokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78613114641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insinkerator.us/images/uploaded/file/67148859029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazizivuwagunetivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/toxetifiwepusefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=gta+4+lcpdfr+not+workingPDF 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_off0000b6d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6D4 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 77d8c6a142a7beb40e04a653983d428488dfad050cc11bdb8c8add0dd37b7968
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFB0 14420 bytes
SHA-256: 648be13e00e5cf4c8da8cd86b0a6df641481ad13da32ebede38bfba4cca2df88
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1