Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aab1cf8b3277a14b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e81d84de10142d3d1ee75111e49dd764 SHA-1: 8b3035e1defed69c248e1b13240018a5d184a8b6 SHA-256: aab1cf8b3277a14bac6ddf5e39befa8e76abab9f87906082ae231faf8b4f8466
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=acgih+2019+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210829105504517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airmon.hu/images/files/wikuvik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/solajubonigupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledlight-lamp.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/xarotavifisawabavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/70544399386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b68f3b3265ed0d7594008208418fa97/pewiburejaduluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33bf77323b36d3b82849a74872c891b0/28333166964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc08d94363---11484049705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selltoob.in/ci/userfiles/files/xolixuwojewepopifavedami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanozedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/202163552187142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612802d96d3c7---dazunisubuwenulab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612371df7eec2---kaxosegekakizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/dodumom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f298f6e7f2---pafame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a800f3f0590---30544174827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/88809900415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/zirenodenateraxejixebubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e955e151d3fac5f72070a571977e7f15/wusupibewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f9jnp7k3lphplf5dlocdv7d5p/lafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac12a7800a---11617754848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/40405530587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/30389164066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/zasewurudolijupasesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/93768871966.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_off0000cccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCCC 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 947771a177aed9b2f2c5dc81c25ab04210396903ec5d80015459578208e500da
font_01_sfnt_off0000e459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE459 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC6B 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 647620d89b73bb6a412b4c9415e6aa19d7f1b15c39978d642336dd1883fcc220