Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae921160e112a7b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 20:47:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f564f6cca1448ec27a5f127d28a9fb53 SHA-1: 0afd91fad7f806ce7d3e31e5f20516a9dcd986ab SHA-256: ae921160e112a7b9ad274644c54ee162189ae1fb491646e2c0a769c46ff67fc8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=problemas+porcentajes+2o+eso+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c6a4065877e9cbdded09b562cfa5575/boviposopatedef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/79247980178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/86151020203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/begiwakafipudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd627b1eee01e310fbc1b1e3921970f/5564348831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c180e4330de---dajikez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifetides.ca/cambridge/uploads/files/sutebanirupafodenovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cm8caae5d9a0a0a1dxk6dd.com/user_img/files/jodabim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d2387e46d---zasukinimolomuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/97343524892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/60960983004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85b3d8fa038aba23b1e3239041aab8fb/finevowatada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4d22234d1---kaxarule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53f814bb40b5eeae426c5e0621c5d0e/94932497384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraemer-duennebacke.de/files/file/napib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/92955576209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30e5921bc3---bemifagetilevakowomularij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c6bfc540d082b4ad422067b839233b0/19285420891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4v0ev7q4d87nmci8gqfoo5c55/96578382822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1efa361d1015f1f36a93467966f6cf29/65060849521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d126b513c23549a509deb68dde29a2d7/gamerasajalijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089287781891---20801548269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sundugpkhet8m7bvupndtl3ji/58213589346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/gilawogoxinub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f38c0ff72---85221498557.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_off0000d52e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD52E 20036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d683e8f1cc1f7a0aeda5078892ce983e4ef41defaeffa3dce4486bbb2effa93
font_01_sfnt_off000107d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D7 11080 bytes
SHA-256: e7a557ad336c5b3d2e2390a51d19b0f659aad60ea4702fd4fe0c4408814a6ff5
font_02_sfnt_off00012188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12188 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1