Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa92e3ca111dcff1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 23:31:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bb234e7857a5ce1ede6aff15952a2d76 SHA-1: e0b03cafa9936193c18be4bec31166142a66d169 SHA-256: aa92e3ca111dcff1d73302b2c73790c6918df1ab1bd87ccb92f2af0311602fd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This indicates the document is likely part of a phishing or spam campaign designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maytag+quiet+series+300+drain+clog PDF link annotation
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bphgg6q9njh22sfm9rdi8c15m0/34725847780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.online/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totugitesomaxunuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditejamajofudabujafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608388afe212a---97228848542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susutour.com/userfile/file/noxapojepuruxuxubenitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/17253394802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/10267118579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0512b5e8c7---newawejusenirafazubewivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/wuwawaferarovijavazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yngc.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxogatepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4cc358fc6---46865582047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/ratowexonedofekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d732eb30a4---11384778516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c3cb4094d377b20137b390c87984f3/11698502225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100079d45634---xinazemale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c726d15eef7---fowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a025292cda836c7c58726bcf128b3ed/77118304974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindahsatu.com/contents//files/daxadinafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/zulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37498646342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuolascifondocortinadolomiti.it/userfiles/files/rujokidebeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/9699594889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca6d587381---zawokojevi.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_off0000dbaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAF 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 459ec2f75f48c4954a1fa9ab536f5e8c73d60d6a52f0a533ae10432bfb5ef001
font_01_sfnt_off0000f593.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF593 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 042715494647ff3105d1892c3230806abaa00d995a48234608db1eee149bedae
font_02_sfnt_off00012237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12237 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1