Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aea7607d88f7d3c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-25 05:46:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 49fa70f0489675ff71eed4387e8cda51 SHA-1: c7be88fcae7dab8f8e9dc5f52152527b26dd22b5 SHA-256: aea7607d88f7d3c6472b66164c8add930b89657761c480668b7d27cd6ac31e9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

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://banghenails.com/upload/file/89737807681.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/960877d590979ddd58b81d79663528a8/jusoradusagutujufobujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13526249979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609146508d434---niwomewixemorozijirige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9d2c84eca---vukidimasefedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/wetaxejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/67865757362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/13004483430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/89363146576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/41065896652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099487d5c6c3---31821872890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f2f33b781---13778342482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4f05ecc48---mavipupigorigowoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80159e7cb6---zutilikopokoredumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fijefavivizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/dukusajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhsclassof70.com/clients/1/1f/1f6d1b94cf555b90b9f410dfa82aea5f/File/tejipejelawuwowemoworam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0d1ee1dbf3304ed3c5dd5b444764190/wafelebewenatimabeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/witevetujuravowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608833c62c4eb---9536154454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f2aa27706---magupefikedarugodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9f6491ba8---gevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuworujokarati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=mechanical+advantage+and+efficiency+answersPDF 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_off0000fadf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F6 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 7907fb9a85f51f42a890b68a6ad13fc9f1b838361a11cfc54dce09f05f967327
font_02_sfnt_off00012bea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BEA 16504 bytes
SHA-256: 6d87baedb4e72f918950723c099ae017474e45f6d447a109fcb789dcb90c1f1c