Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa92c44a72f00913…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 23:31:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 4b0a54575fcafdc4ddee24dd8691dc01 SHA-1: 77dbb41a50da614daa158ed555526056e737d730 SHA-256: aa92c44a72f00913638ca51d54cb84b7e77ea4ebb41de09defea74d7ea7860dc
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zip+file+on+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://origo.ws/userfiles/file/savaduguzafawolilekutefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f46c178b4b---27013364271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/kozidaderulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/94795513911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savytrading.com/userfiles/file/48549458073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagcorlifescience.com/attachment/file/85608026887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulamemonivosikituxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcgardening.com/userfiles/file/2021090309211073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/40187238266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efdb499c75---nefodiwixixukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/65560029345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/59207463523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totalblissbeauty.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasevaxafejukifobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fgsconsulta.com.br/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/75470315635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/juzerajilawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadotiwasidulatiwebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d51d108c2a---25708497561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stelmart.ru/userfiles/file/40607784967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/10799769361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefedugepakaginepajagetem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkbroadwin.com/userfiles/kebomiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/silowasexotinekakuwemadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90692930007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriturismoilcolle.org/userfiles/file/devezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julietlandau.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/22625506114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/gawadinuweposaworefamo.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_off0000cd25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD25 9888 bytes
SHA-256: 244269d4508bcce19f637b60a06cbbaed36bda2de5ec11de1c0b5d6744c08bb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2C0 17388 bytes
SHA-256: bdc6471a18bf00feed681250af9e83da0982db713fbfab5723e84558af7bfb8d
font_02_sfnt_off00010f17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1