Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae5f243f731f5c0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 13:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 689494a50611e3767abeb1a0754f2594 SHA-1: 940cc3502fe3c30f1e29209bb424cc13f7da1378 SHA-256: ae5f243f731f5c0e6507ed99faa8f67ee30c8dc86b7f1fb524e574ab8ec7aea5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF reader vulnerabilities or redirect users. The file also functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electromagnetic+spectrum+lowest+energy PDF link annotation
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovosabozizoseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614498a2476db---sigakusekuwogopaxedavaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/xasomaxekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhnguyenvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zipopititagesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9367e106f---nimarujojiradaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/19612509949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58225333574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicabg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/japivesapilorozuzukagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profstil.az/userfiles/file/pubetatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcdanielz.eu/files/file/71940547992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e240cca54f201088d0c2242de16243e/92932037962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/13953064434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614efe526041f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/85755555004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/bagupumufezov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonicsuitemusic.com/userfiles/files/rofuxotexasawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yp05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/sogigegotovovitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themetamorphoseprogram.com/userfiles/file/22770578735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soleilboo.com/images/uploads/files/4915668741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/woladud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417a1a1c61b---69699628072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/giwevobowinekofeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/gimavajurapepisezitajima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ded3f335a361ec240d86ab548a81fec/letisitivixijosodebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/jawerojutor.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_off0000b53a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB53A 11000 bytes
SHA-256: a25196bfba50eb375166240ef1b010a70c9bb9ebafdd4e8046feb38802453c9b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ced7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCED7 14700 bytes
SHA-256: af8ab9b217b25ffe29536d9a93e80de90b43ef9993315dc35c6a6759da5dd5aa
font_02_sfnt_off0000f395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF395 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1