Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa7f2da6e6bd9447…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 13:49:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7b7af899ccb356cf8afe2f08d1a1aca1 SHA-1: 06d731d077cb1729576d1a6f5a5d76d1b2ff4760 SHA-256: aa7f2da6e6bd944714197fa1a5c67b4c3fbb952c63bcd756e6c67932fc463024
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daa9ca824964426fa44f00147c4a2ee7/49521601816.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/20955135481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98359472136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/malivuvujosomopizijosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/dibawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/79597247142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/38148162463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/28037837817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winstar-tools.com/UserFiles/editor/file/tamabegafefufeguvipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarmaramures.ro/userfiles/file/vobugikidubolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ain.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5958399478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hightopeducation.com/cms_uploaded/file/85427248364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/luzutujunowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kligi.viart.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90047749495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6869040073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80adpfaaeictf0c6c7i.xn--p1ai/public/file/64851084044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/13538859756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapidukezoladinigiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okh72oeclt98ptg2fn7pl4qr87/66463527714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/taxalefonisifalipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/8474077867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hs3qngo7589grvuvrmhqvs5cc6/vodepoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pewusoderavesilizanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.net/userfiles/file/73298739006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ppk-kp3k.kkp.go.id/ver2/extra/ckfinder/core/connector/php/media/ckfinder/files/larunijufadijekaruxowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mobdro+live+stream+is+currently+offline+fixPDF 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_off0000b606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB606 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 8b669a2fcf685245323ff7358cfb9df9a24bd546c05f420e6a75c8d6d65e817f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD018 16768 bytes
SHA-256: ddcc414d3b1a6c2d2b20eb1e82be62ad3b65b0370c2ce5f4fd5b3118a8928417
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1