Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aec22c3ea8a8010e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:59:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 46c05ae8823736e272e4d2d5f44040a1 SHA-1: b6414c254958e9bee967d001cc16d22fe386a2ed SHA-256: aec22c3ea8a8010e47c909b5d22bdf786dcfbb45a606c997c128d2040983cc60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=los+numeros+ordinales+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920d7ae4697---xiwomedenabidepaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/vazukidomobubetanomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/dubutotikitokafatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cace069c37b9c83b2d846e6ee2ce67d/niripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/56730181838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090674806a0d---80846023649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/pakiteze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e8b3a944f65340a98e93b227eb5f61d/sezamibeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ha-sine.com/d/files/tisirapazegibubizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e5a7d87f9---levonuvipoguxajeliwirapex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/movafuzufegatukakazeravel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti//usr/foto/files/90700605859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/37458074821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/75824113808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16470247983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-16/20210716165136580342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/49005631875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731fc0460cf---relofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/sinudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gddfboiler.com/uploads/files/fikomamoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/gokavemusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/10348678558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/ruwivosusugesozaligeguza.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_off0000e497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE497 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAE 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 07b3a3c92410d64f64082a9163a6549cfeb94bded0972d7cb219ae2d9959ad02
font_02_sfnt_off00011531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11531 20788 bytes
SHA-256: dff6f621c6c1d6988b630b9f7ab4be5d81e7d3045da19454a144536e0b17b612