Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae0690eec73fba2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 19:49:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0624d7eb8aea13859f2e614b26387834 SHA-1: bd9d786c12821456f8fdf0b7676a489e73ce2091 SHA-256: ae0690eec73fba2a01dcfc066e4cc6b1c99189330c555a420a278a45be23aaab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malicious websites, likely as part of a spearphishing campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+update+activex+control+in+internet+explorer+11 PDF link annotation
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14922975328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c31f8114dd---linilexasusijuliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tasefima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990b0b43451---wawonizugunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd5cc5a183b---semitulijamovuvetugadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/sulipipanibakanituloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/55500502168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/12272575105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///walivakadotezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/zimuxogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14315353273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p21gftpnu6i5eb32jrcl5j1fnp/28868750037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a991cd72faf5a96f11c74d68ba01e4/sukirutaxikapusosesunejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33a1fc425a2059798b931ecdb93cc655/67248631427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/93911162538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/66564625368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/rifokisobosiposag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/73273912348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/65720818976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/jotifukogifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/sejepeguriwujera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50cc120db9c8cbf0cb245c40eb0c6375/14711892098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be82de97f47---88175546950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/63782382374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/joxuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/25124955232.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_off0000f162.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF162 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 335b9f6c51da51a3b137e29094534abee261fe8a57a78ca9ccbbda63b59469fb
font_01_sfnt_off00010a33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A33 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 4742196f1080da082c9552a16726c88216145ea900548cd09fa434424ee83c73
font_02_sfnt_off0001388d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1388D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1