Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aae62433e243d7b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-10-12 19:52:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f97d37c1fce1f965a3bc9ff2cc53e5cb SHA-1: 225e27122b6d05296c2e3bed1bff6a2099a46ca6 SHA-256: aae62433e243d7b35bccff0be1ec7f5d4afa0509809fb18b00a79b23f816ba64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate the PDF links to a large number of external URIs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or link-farming campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://globalcentral.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/15639626900.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86f05ccfe9241169aa80c2207aca3a60/mevenemafapawowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yk-tech.com.tw/ckfinder/uploads/ckfiles/files/42199730206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents/files/negorezoxafitikekupipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/nukulelukelaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16162d6f7b18a0---fajuxarirusitowakufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424ba4c09e2---96727556347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/22783118978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16164c45c91d8d---vikanovivofulozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/budegulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1d3908fcd---20762063148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/kiwesodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tattooindex.nl/images/uploads/69131961450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/torudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/71175356942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614581824d62c---68906833858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.golfusa.be/userfiles/files/39832406267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malerbetrieb-malanders.de/Webseite/pics/fotos/1/file/jimakadikejevipenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16160dcfd7e7bb---65288471177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixipexiratuwedero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39473924139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161489f58b160d---bulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alohasafaris.com/files/xobojedanunagitix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/kidevidipazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/HTGXzuRVGb4/uplcv?utm_term=sinners+in+the+hands+of+an+angry+god+annotated+pdfPDF 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_off0000dae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE6 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 7098e193bb3830dae0f2de0b3e2923efb8ead8c99b8fe7df5322f8a72bcb33a2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E9 18920 bytes
SHA-256: a6344c091a945ce1b7e7b8467031bd02b49770e043b52f03f9dc5eb27c6cb904
font_02_sfnt_off00012496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12496 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1