Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa6e0eebe48d6c90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:01:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e042fe0c70bbf2e6f95d627222d17093 SHA-1: b88641c3d715726d10ede4e978b06de2fe2089da SHA-256: aa6e0eebe48d6c90f5c75acf3b4d1303b53d7eb2813a0fd4af527406a8ba9b4e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. ClamAV detection confirms this assessment, identifying the file as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://tabbanbros.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/ximamulenete.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/lademonidogowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magiepourenfants.com/images/mediamanager/file/bunabusaratedatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levotst.com/uploads/files/ropisilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912050837551441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datedutapenuvavowarulure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/depogawovusefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afslab.asia/upload/files/vilipasorukavadoluxipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garant-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/fifuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/32422676156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/90865854958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/12790332208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613157a2b383f---galawinevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://think6.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905114606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/67290447791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyanincigkoftecisi.com/userfiles/file/76221735155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa5efea685---xuvonenobejejafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/fitubemumegokadozirevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/72670743621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/94522011839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parikshitconstruction.com/uploads/sawavogufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websteravelandscaping.com/editorData/file/69802450546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/varobesoxipokivotuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb0e99eee8---93420103385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_603354F5A326BC77.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=fallen+2016+full+movie+english+subtitlesPDF 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_off0000fc4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC4F 11308 bytes
SHA-256: e223d8b646f8db8f741cf44ce94330fad03ee0ddbc707f28d2c942f6c0faacd8
font_01_sfnt_off000116cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CC 18968 bytes
SHA-256: 9e21c919dae57fa96aa8b2d806447d87d7ea776d4413d06de1ad15e5d52263f0
font_02_sfnt_off00014937.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14937 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1