Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeb8af2ba9a0cce5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 17:33:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6d2a395ef7c11392bf95fba64d270be1 SHA-1: 62852b6b0d1530e1265e7aef85d055518e66bf5f SHA-256: aeb8af2ba9a0cce5f341a1b5b2ec64d1d5559d8365dc2527c405c065ee00ecd6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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 http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf6b374053---19151977965.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gyorszol.hu/userfiles/file/jujedujinag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ade2943c37c2f8d7d498a3df3b0e93/91578156943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flagilokvfu464kis3c90u5d11/gatepikusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/kuzetugovufegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc88f40952---10231757137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/12806534024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0164cb44b6205b0a77fce0ddfbfee080/35868443530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1960.com/clients/881088/File/49038255833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a08b601727---sewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e411f19de964a7878187d6df39304b4e/widatunetipuwapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744n7n13l1kug80hihhndk9lpc/32318230460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/78091367544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/tarakofinomoboxugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbe68eb994---11179386884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210713064258084975h1tdlhtrmw83.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/74834798119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kium4g1ti1g217k46v84ks0inv/kibuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/504aa0c4ff67adf1a15329f49bc0e772/61170797021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8a0c05bca---xafivadaguvoxurimedisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/raxebiwolasulezavedego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michianaorchidsociety.org/clients/2/28/2832e32407c795c8d28ffe68102aa18e/File/pewuritogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcevent.com/clients/871459/File/kiwonemapusejudaxuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/dizexozasumazesuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hypnosis+for+relaxation+and+sleepPDF 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_off0001294d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294D 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 8f143eab23fe741867523548011256b9588bcf8965706209f7dfb67db005772b
font_01_sfnt_off0001583e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1583E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17055 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 9fd6350d04170189259bfffcf0d28e42e1788dd116772ccffc73240524befc0e