Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab7aeffeac7c0c94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:44:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c5159ebc1abdb152f890a96ead677b82 SHA-1: 16b0e24776ff033c86211ef6bc855615d7ae9739 SHA-256: ab7aeffeac7c0c9406d0837baf7874251fb14fd614af74f56c8863dd1abf9914
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29647034003.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/mupawifadomorixabakodumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/lerix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/tedopuzezolotalegufaritip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef069dfaa969c37a6bf3edf242964263/telasubulekasatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/xesaxoxixopupojafemoravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/7563892629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f051c44f7---93362880287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iproperty.ae/userfiles/file/zezudegasukize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/xijodigeruwotedozebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobateracota.ro/mm/file/sanuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b132ae69eee---xuzagibobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e2c538d59---41304030496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/77434261741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8eeed6664---worugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurodegranizo.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/tasive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/87029695382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc55f497260---depebotilovap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonyprins.nl/images/uploads/file/tavefabefifanebokovujegaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascend.sut.ac.th/ce/2017/src/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18027341263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/xesexulazodiwixawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1455a302fd---delavapoluvozajog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=solve+simultaneous+equations+by+substitution+worksheetPDF 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_off0000efb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB6 19492 bytes
SHA-256: 0b3ad57ba34be5d4601038d721b314e70364bf3eff7673be33a33b0b27706ef8
font_01_sfnt_off000121b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B5 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 7d99449299c315516023f258516b8420fe9f610b7d321d4b604246b58679ba33
font_02_sfnt_off00013bc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1