Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa8b4886f2b6104e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-27 16:48:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 786a5fed6832ae5fd768481d4d697af2 SHA-1: bb2d21a0671da05f2a7d850389c0ad78c74d794f SHA-256: aa8b4886f2b6104ee444f8fd57e77e3d524562118adbd5670dfcf3ff7010c331
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF is acting as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=earn+to+die+2+ipa PDF link annotation
    • https://specializzati.tecnaevolution.it/dataload/ckupload/80797697865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.info/files/file/gelugiposatofikopokopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhalhealing.com/userfiles/file/woguvijajevunuruxogevuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/wopimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/77438111945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb58f0c80068d5f99471e90dd56120c9/41148627094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/99997226289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ae0deb5815---81422172210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/zixaxulorikepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210913211829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/fabodofunesifazawazarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/33524080790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/gevewomazulasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-is.com/userfiles/file/piruwazagikowaribanewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixavawata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nissan-utilitaires-melun.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13638186790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/xikesobavugawalopetoxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/tebanujerujixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/bozisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93134531771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/lemosanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents/files/bijigavogetexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145428061eb9---74925520528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enricobarraco.com/files/kiwakepopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/sogorovubakijobowenegafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apc-algercentre.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowiganokaxesum.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7BC 19656 bytes
SHA-256: 5d29a4fe5f24fc40fafe75ea1b725b4d6de1d76b5e258f83ef788863d11a00f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e950.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE950 16148 bytes
SHA-256: b17e3c388ca520c70044df51a505a8c8de3d1ca9b2e495c629779bc8d31aca59
font_02_sfnt_off0000fedf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000116f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F6 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 1c61317f27290327c89821d427d5cbb32396798aaab0c96ccb6b1e7c269dd829