Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aac0a81752245da3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 13:45:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b53b60565ac54410ea66caec98dd5fff SHA-1: 3c92c27f0fa40b444c5f3be13527005f19d5d97e SHA-256: aac0a81752245da38a00f316ce3bd2c49bf4c64ffa77ff1a8b8d7ef2bc4d612a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+setup+my+yahoo+email+on+my+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/lesewipugirudimesuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefiloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d5be2d39ef46b94ea10faaa3a42d5ed/bisubolawewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/datenewovixuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quanticabtl.com/cms_2018_quantica/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/pesipipadowesuxesupodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pevak.info/UserFiles/File/madexinebapelesiluvezabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/71719462968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaelen.it/userfiles/files/71407478144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/57984076174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikikinapuwuwufepilopeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvejoxuvoduloxerexapudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210905184642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/99272711982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/69911208484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madhubanindiancuisine.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/juvolisatafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factorycontrolprojects.com/userfiles/file/zakolozakezop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feed4a00e03d9381e3887f3c4a5b0c90/49702825126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/67030325867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents/files/webufolojeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ice-group.pl/userfiles/file/tonorunokudutekugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/bodapopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/fepurufuxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetiwusogibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branonperformance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80931661387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b662fd434fe599104122789b4954c9ae/gakipurojuxub.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_off0000b0b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0B1 14536 bytes
SHA-256: bab0ed20f109896d9963f38a50839d280e3aa75b0854a789504cfa67c641b515
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4E8 10948 bytes
SHA-256: ea64aae0f6a2f74fb0a923f051bd2ddd3ed46472f175edcb04f5fbdf5c4e752e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1