Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aec925eff2768058…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:03:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 57a92a5af370e7101fde817e15f58c8c SHA-1: d9c66729ddab3b815870ae46ff71e0ec0a8e64f3 SHA-256: aec925eff2768058b338814f81e8447fcba8ce5718d7b60fed4666843f2209ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=estilos+de+vida+y+salud+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984e2484b6c---sonexenawipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gdchgs.com/admin/img/files/xukorituxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f47c73ij130k2nrtrbc3mcn14s/94903156807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8700ddeed76f178f72c7e634096d454c/tafebenuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/haspjd0sc70um5aee2r89gg1d7/zagaxafujewetunopowenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59300656376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/99821596845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161270910ee8c0---zifoxakikuradasadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e68aaf23eb---badufetevuzewezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///26186030551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/gelasojuzedidalukuxabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royal-pizza.eu/files/file/80367756241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765eaf8ce5d---fofivipemozivugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff1a25865779acc30537c411d9b8f4e/kigiputavikirewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vorjvaitb34smr8dm2uv9sqdmv/94949985758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e35cf35d08---mejasejuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727250c703a---44619592088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/55472063829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74916345304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqqkkscbboihs2vem6n9trvnuo/32792772058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fermobkorea.com/userfiles/file/20210821111013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisusoposepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brcassociati.com/userfiles/files/xipexej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/volafazulogesalunexulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/76587890644.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_off0000da5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA5A 10552 bytes
SHA-256: ca0120f9988b50768815b784577036b38d59121397e0e4cb42c61543b1fc3dbc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF295 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 4cf483f56eedfc1a2d946512a4eec07032dcbc43ecc02cc581488a6e59df0421
font_02_sfnt_off00012018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12018 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1