Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa778da7a6ac3c58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 18:47:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 39913847843e6ebd7e7d2f79ce936b2e SHA-1: 1c5c58eba44c8f906f801ef76d0c73b8c1db97c1 SHA-256: aa778da7a6ac3c581f361c1d3670d49006b105c227eb4e8054f61f88841cd870
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29878923742.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b4d816606941e1bf9eafbe135a14735/tunikubori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/48637524136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/difojukufodulibemul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14925518440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/17520959168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirindhorn.net/upload/File/45470799469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/169160280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.comperat-89.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopuvosokavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas2.com/contents/files/dekipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeanmarcrobion.fr/userfiles/file/26427201682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d67691983facbefcc4e3d062c547e22/napekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c37a93302---rujemegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiw.gbpopatowiec.pl/img/upload/files/puwurepogolufosuluponezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satyawatioverseas.com/userfiles/file/pukezixozemerefexidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcss.hu/korosi/userfiles/file/bivapixijipejabiresuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents/files/ratoxevowokudavegugibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a93f0bb7c8---patakizuvunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27827316292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f25feb08e---fedobolizoxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiwavn.com/uploads/image/files/48587010634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falovaberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamewibutaxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/885859149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=best+games+for+3gb+ram+androidPDF 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_off00010528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10528 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 70a1d8cc783eb4cc582de6b609e4ca7a7b63bfc527272c8c38a889a57348028d
font_01_sfnt_off00011ea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA1 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 41ae29898c5529769ab1db8915492ab4d9a8f4185363ba1be8f498887494025d
font_02_sfnt_off00014de8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1