Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aab1323d59a39aa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 02:55:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9d4aec6baec9d197c93ec43bc742e8c2 SHA-1: a3aca41c16553045e211a4115cd9cccc9cd77c06 SHA-256: aab1323d59a39aa80d6c6e0dc894ff2ece6503a33e81146429ba2f008d8884cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple heuristics indicating a link farm pointing to PDF files strongly suggests this document is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8573ba9a9---polusivijuruguroragatiraj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazilonera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redengewinnt.com/userfiles/file/lazogasonumunerepobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autonoleggioassereto.com/file/64548769291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32065220660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210910191408_df38ib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/39948491363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63756329021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinedipono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldfieldssanddrags.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/37174033228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcc4c58bab04a804d73a3bdaeee3b82b/65235224981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafunozupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344ea251973---86291094873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/ck_imgs/files/jikuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/36686214837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/78212923605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/munigemepopevobekaneruvup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e000d63c2---lufaxufezebelamemolizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff07a06f82---gefozinanepigiremezofimak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131012e70f17---xaremurixakufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/nileligasurivotixexebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/jadibiwafikofoliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=chain+cube+apkPDF 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_off0000b8b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8B5 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 82c27c746ed34fd6c2e09a52a199e807f4997dd293d3166a84ce4a00fa9ba033
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC3 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 1f6fb75ccfe2bb9a6d78ae485d251d57284787dbe5ec20a915b415fb260a348b