Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeb39bb6a1ebc7cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:24:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c5cef68d5e5b0ff1dee4f8e79bdb0ffc SHA-1: 21492ed55ab486d8994340c0a04af91cd532383f SHA-256: aeb39bb6a1ebc7cd1f24092b9f2a3e76ec0bb757268ff6284b11659d44e7bd50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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=restraint+of+marriage+meaning+in+tamil PDF link annotation
    • http://northphoenixmustangs66.com/clients/4/4b/4b49b54eec06ebba3741256e9f3e6f2b/File/jagurowarizemevafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a528634ae4a---zatifabekipizigokoxawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statewideroadservices.com/clients/879378/File/33584357151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56f5e268696a01b2129088e75747ab9e/14022984304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/kebisugix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stl-hk.net/userfiles/93919082455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e3901f07b---tabutidegodeparasupanoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhuyscampingcar.fr/images/files/pojizeforovadamega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2963f0a989---nikavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/nedavitokibepogikexeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jufodexaxoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipc6nhm6nl6n3om2gu7v17r00m/65849611756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vudaxusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/gufofamati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/96512020745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/68783378952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/zimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duromolugenutedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxmx.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202108300324025021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svcmjktiqfhh61dg7vk9l1u4s6/26769095917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/lefejibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesgo.de/userfiles/file/nediwezoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-13/20210513075930790864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/lipapili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/mirerakadepuduvumademexu.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_off0000d032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD032 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e849.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE849 10600 bytes
SHA-256: e3fab971125ce7548b45a893bb4ed16aa9c4e18efd31fbb931401cc56888458b
font_02_sfnt_off00010079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10079 17232 bytes
SHA-256: c49d1c3dea405e5e26b31bffa7c195b498206b317eaff270bc3ef8e7a34fc445