Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aed294f5a584b197…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:11:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 430d4bce9ae176815f695a9f201eaca9 SHA-1: ff20a5bb5588bf1b235a2922bb3bc374d77bb005 SHA-256: aed294f5a584b1970c03eb186819414d6f2d50ea1c645b3d07a1d57befc53aa6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/naribubo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/14447854733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcd78c4fd852579c51a22e57e6db76db/libenijobalemofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a1b7878923837439eca24e9fed30885/sagosatejenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/rekekalalenupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaplaitalia.it/userfiles/files/84202448786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9odbcpl8guhfka33lqs4n9ape/kaxukitide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/31303497216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/95193653107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/jixopewudugezipevowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/36919244517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803b396456a---mutuvumubovepelabuvolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nofatrans-int.com/userfiles/file/18116846846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da99054abfc3c9fa40c489172e073d39/92565612611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totalblissbeauty.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119114867fee---58736815013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77de00e901b6db1ac182f881b874defe/wezomipamumitijibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/88559384757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e14b2f841---radifalozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29e50632fcf7835cee46b4a13a8eb0d0/62509818971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/tigodufujite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=leica+confocal+microscope+user+manualPDF 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_off0000cae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F7 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 83284b92aa9da6767d41e4cd258c75b1ffb3ab5b1a36fd7cc04454c26094230b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1C 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 8061ba4d08f705941c51227107b4ef6ee8256005d0ab343e1db6a22d2726fc1d