Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa6aac70b52b7e27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:23:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f2f5705eeec0ff44e8f831872cc066a2 SHA-1: 4a9d8bb42baea30604fbf9293d51f0b63ad601ed SHA-256: aa6aac70b52b7e27400683e85c52432c9ef83bfa86e1bedab5af1e3bc255eeda
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to external PDFs hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sword+art+online+alicization+war+of+underworld+english+dub PDF link annotation
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekodalurubovafofirebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariancozma.com/_user/file/xidibudomavilarewesewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/maxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/86427830141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/pazemasegolanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/lijalezogojuwimoregineli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-bm.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109180951359446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ednfdmhjqtaak9tcdjpg68phi4/tebetovaneva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neogmbh.de/www/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/sevavevetinonovidamelabug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omegaplus.bg/uploads/pages/files/86141050852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/53649517999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd000eaa69---87661711378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redemaisfarma.com/userfiles/file/63418237983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonghuichem.com/upload/files/wanotexepafisubidotasadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_B7CAF8DE25B95513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.net/filespath/files/20210911144731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/sifebubivufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratosatu.com/contents/files/42056090170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komufifumusivinena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audidalys.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovakubupenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balie.overeembv-profielen.nl/upload/files/danezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147082a8984c---vufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudatuzifikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingzhongjing.com/userfiles/file/20210913231425_710234274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47500773883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/81714314844.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_off0000c4d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCEA 11216 bytes
SHA-256: fe40ad4b77149080f60f98d712e72b9127f90d1d533df70aae542cef18bf8ecb
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F7 16800 bytes
SHA-256: f8616e222e73ba54ff66cb8d7bed468bccd5245adee4333414adf4622a9d5165