Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aead6e2b4fc9b49c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:04:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d6a9b5ccd4d749ce4aaa5f292a67a886 SHA-1: 59e0b056e5db36dc021584dba428b6fb49735f0a SHA-256: aead6e2b4fc9b49cb7b3fb3fc40ec37db9d937ec7061b7218a31d679eb7cc816
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files on potentially compromised or disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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 http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/33996626941.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/julusalap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://punaide.com/userfiles/files/11395229913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/vifateramimexifugajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/zetipawutavakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/xuzawalaketoxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manpowernepal.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokatozibosifoxuworux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studioconcept-stand.com/fck_userfiles/file/zuravejiruvifodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/116fb98da9759cc2993ecd3c2a3d8a6d/59259923800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a4fb6f822c5010165785a6121e4482a/befozutojerajumeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jojadefabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/tukejesifimajawuxedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://back2wood.de/userfiles/file/vituralasikabagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/wejasebekujepojibojunil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/vixinatugiwozajovuzula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmakonnect.org/DrumiBhatt/karmakonnect.org/Final/ckeditorimage/files/11427412593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stl-log.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/disopaxegev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damosushipleasanthill.com/uploads/files/93728327679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yipdeals.com/app/webroot/upload/files/55983679015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131e27564c90---48679430325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c4d9fd0f3663825087924b21debb557/2669551337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbigniewrodak.pl/galeria/file/52738003556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86bcbbfe657d7c24b47e3b9eff9006e0/manajilukefogiwirukovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumuxinefutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/zananimububizoledidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/75328921130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=gear+s3+osPDF 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_off000106df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF1 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 07e4571f2d3ce976a44709f0f6dd7be3bedbfd64de46cdcc96a3d0918d72df1f
font_02_sfnt_off00015128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15128 9972 bytes
SHA-256: 7e85c7ac0f2f5846dca0ae7e83d90c4ac44efeb21723b22aaa32fb9b197807e7