Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aed5863e7bf816d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 05:43:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 48184161b3407dd72604dc6611e2fea2 SHA-1: e173e918f6ab07c7d47e04cdc18bb292ab23d229 SHA-256: aed5863e7bf816d0cd45edba809f55b29e150811cf30c75c8bee8772902925b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer. The numerous links indicate a likely phishing or redirection scheme, consistent with a Spearphishing Attachment (T1566.001) initial access vector.

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=doug+richmond+how+to+disappear+completely+pdf
    • http://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/32118821477.pdf
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vezefesula.pdf
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/faloxawojulemi.pdf
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/medebimonilaz.pdf
    • http://gndpta.eu/news_objects/files/85386167904.pdf
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210909031519.pdf
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/lojejelesivebokewudaxapo.pdf
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/sudoluruxewakiw.pdf
    • http://evaemlak.com/userfiles/file///18376940624.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dthrv3f6ibk91u5sc6knvjdftr/bizol.pdf
    • http://vhshf.de/File/79412503830.pdf
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210907192513.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338dae1675d---4995949975.pdf
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97145164216.pdf
    • http://xn----ctbguteehkho5h.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogojegizidebagoj.pdf
    • http://888spirits.com/userfiles/file/lekometiripora.pdf
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/7847222984.pdf
    • http://lovesenergy.nl/file/nosovebegijaxelemuv.pdf
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75546076300.pdf
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/tawigamebaluludatakaza.pdf
    • http://dreamscar.eu/userfiles/file/fasuzutezozawalu.pdf
    • https://interativacorretora.com/fotosempresa/files/95488946923.pdf
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23842324199.pdf
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135344a983e1---92631451453.pdf
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/gofobupoxokezukozewipodil.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b222.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB222 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca34.bin
10ba7e353c0bdb9c3f2fb18f4c398cbd11fd158cac3118cf12ae5ff3e1b8d518
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA34 15984 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2c7.bin
dc608a1b9e040111ded82d65859521af2b62a36f8ee97497ec0354ea77d8104b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C7 11368 bytes