Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aebbf7e6ccf3a052…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-26 05:44:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d6d30ed71be241a291caec39d30e0daa SHA-1: 66d2c007d9c3fd0e3e0dac1985efb0bad8a3293d SHA-256: aebbf7e6ccf3a052517b8bd90aaaba47596a1ccbe909bcfa5a31ae94479769bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or payload download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72544e8ee5---zotegu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bad30748744e8a68cdc0620f7f58f92/zijiwasabarijipofedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e384fe533513a2e70afe9c6f21596e/vurasunixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8ab934976---xovudenuroditukoxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/razuzaxumexopolumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d40826ecf4df549a9ae35a591478a384/gukowozelunodogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3bd38825a---59045568946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nuwulopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/jijazaboperajidimosezeguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/tadagiraweviwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609305f0ba0ae---41988790385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/6300022569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4586e3528f08e789380d4a6cc4957445/38917938884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/682hoojenpg2ks21mqdonnvhie/20710731768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maclashoes.it/file/netobojate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c011fa00beb---pugigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/56799794103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luvnchrlysenglishtoys.com/clients/861429/File/27362059912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92509ac57d---40808795735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/29455473714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/95132020234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e24dc5b1d5e2bcfa524016f5021ce56/bejiwupetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fec39b9c73---fesemanudijidaferono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/94890155509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41252460508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=is+kmtc+online+application+openPDF 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_off0000eb57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB57 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 8f5aaf1ca007bdb70ae0dc57002f6c1efd0b67a4f0e073806c9c6be3b77118f2
font_01_sfnt_off0001031c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031C 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 2834f749ef553cf39f94d6919d06cc6848e21734facb0edb776089bbd225dbec
font_02_sfnt_off00012ea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1