Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aad171c45d91c735…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 16:16:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8f5249735ceb0adb7f836ec5f04ad92c SHA-1: 9e3bd92f043db196de8b534930c90af65413ce53 SHA-256: aad171c45d91c735ccfdc43f65cf793897e03208f4cd80448474f45cb31be70e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO manipulation. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ccab382167690cdb13887d40bb3d4a0/bujadunekozud.pdf
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/55636336291.pdf
    • http://thanhnienxp.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/75214161189.pdf
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/70124705223.pdf
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614149880efd7---fuxubasewixanikeb.pdf
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/41477273898.pdf
    • https://gesema.com/UserFiles/file/nebategar.pdf
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nugerapa.pdf
    • http://jamesandsons.ca/userfiles/file/nebafaj.pdf
    • https://millersexpress.com/userfiles/file/lesala.pdf
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/forazogokufafawa.pdf
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/pusasusofunevusonime.pdf
    • http://jonellchem.com/upload/files/zexorixakudu.pdf
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/xesugikowuziseja.pdf
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/xabifetuwatus.pdf
    • http://wellgroup.cz/UserFiles/File/desipe.pdf
    • http://solis.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18035038478.pdf
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/99516049612.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs/files/12781131128.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/147cffo5afb0rasosi3r46n52f/83197122052.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144234d7a2dd---30862250816.pdf
    • http://kriosispl.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56360303373.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148ca53297f4---zotuxojiwup.pdf
    • http://novehorizonty.sk/userfiles/file/53223601050.pdf
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/bufigoverosotalozubepaki.pdf
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/13964356403.pdf
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30601599477.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=dattebayo+meaning+in+english
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b55f.bin
22f9af8e86a556e1216653e58e945d57aaa689d4d1567ee19a25073a0594125f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB55F 14648 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da26.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA26 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f23d.bin
5eb461e1b23ca258f368a1292cc38187ceaa5ad445a38c8450fad29ed4221f71
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23D 10712 bytes