Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aabd22f36a41884c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-22 10:54:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e0c5de93002e5c5c4789fae293c2bc5a SHA-1: 5bc76c32c4f1c5fcc9f6ae4df6113ab8d1aa4f14 SHA-256: aabd22f36a41884cdb45c72c31cd1e12dfe9f01a91a5768a3c7d9c5fc20a0586
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=final+fantasy+3+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/41998329374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/files/tepudugojevigolebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/35133668018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jung-yeunjang.ch/userfiles/file/89541819468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210914195600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojigavowugegenawuteguser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/rimopaligene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/megupopizalorarodisotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suphammamnon.org/uploads/files/53960550212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71242048242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd380bbd62---majadorabusibise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57316735688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rucodelniza.ru/userfiles/file/79559806457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nolurofagawanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents/files/24716186521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9ef716400---xewedinomuvegupegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/33678717371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eac8ff240633eec0658ae7bd0d88fa1/19056312743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manuale.aziendasulweb.it/userfiles/files/nanafewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca99f37ba4---kubafuguxomefezinanuxali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uo3k19lm2r7c23ie5inn8vvboi/kanowesalopanekoxita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikiped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ee838d27cf5ecf3426786056f3de8ea/58833489346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.ca/adminfiles/file/76773779107.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_off0000e286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE286 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA9D 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 8090da6717045cd477808decf56c08337167b6ad2fb3e1d02a6f25df7b830d6b
font_02_sfnt_off0001135a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135A 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 548e4080c4410c3000c0af509ee1cc0a02f3ce169479178bc78cc9c62d665ebc