Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aec3035e02577cf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:01:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 903006ab246f05c9e94e7b39caaf066e SHA-1: aee89c9dc3528c7121b8e2382cb7dc02215041b8 SHA-256: aec3035e02577cf10e18c10c99967910ea01780cb1fd64dc7f83a69f17aa62cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or potentially download further payloads, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/70811901140.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/benanufibawokufobafudaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dennismaloney.ca/upload/editor/file/magog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/misafapedoxawudibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/nowuviruxerapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a90814c56da5f32376057395ba521b/70649209252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/78240002137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8c46i0b42rb4ve18ce614eno1/tefokuletem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/rimelufatinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99b9e1b1e640d15616b801ef2d4f5dea/70635755965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danielbushreunion.com/clients/41596/File/pafiseteruxalukabuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ee72c22d1---xegolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/36052610740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf3c31567d539117575a25db024e57a5/45727140801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c85b29f72---gibazisalozexila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/15214780128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/88762744727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/povidoxukutazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crossfitbeeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/74307689325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0e5e6a65f0570386d6d7c58931f1ed/43918520988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0sg7rk1et9a71vnqs95uuu8ujg/90011603209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/kebawijibemijexukebukixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610dbc180c5e9---wepelududoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4bffba963---67928657516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=quimica+organica+wade+7ma+edicion+volumen+1+pdfPDF 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_off0001127d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012a94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A94 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 16e93851ac8e73f7791e1a4f9c559f45fbee2c6d22b8c346bcc1ca70127e31c5
font_02_sfnt_off00014477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14477 20624 bytes
SHA-256: 008af271c01a03d2767af068f1e2422dff3ed116b96a33415e2292e57cf6a2e0