Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aed5cd3678cb19b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:20:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: aa1c9067f2db17dc3e4045fec620d68b SHA-1: 98d78c69cddc64bc132710774c171af5253cf09f SHA-256: aed5cd3678cb19b31b43bc95dd76dd57830a62c6dfb0d6e8ed77fd4972016b9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories suggests malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure or downloader. The embedded JavaScript is a primary indicator of malicious functionality within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ab8d871c7---sopepupofonupototikuma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/natalelofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/liae2t5gbjp9gr6ouksok6jpt4/1405264966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/batujawulotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/nazutonojadejuweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/89789127633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsclinicwest.ie/media/contents/file/lawukowijebajulopowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5bac709b5f---89992914250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/ruwabuxukavox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97qvd5ejcd8jsoihen9sn2g0r1/zidilelir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptn9li1mv6g3snn3fpta9cab20/jagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neplatnasmlouva.cz/soubory/bojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkmate.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210819_424CEAF59FA89B2D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/xofekekuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f677cae5ee---42279737765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/5115500428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/24134037264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/20231394939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/53809836860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606facdb216c5---lulanakokokejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609899e8aa780---fupakufozadavudesonegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db8f372914---25084482409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+materials+and+metallurgy+by+r+srinivasan+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000b8bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8BD 11332 bytes
SHA-256: f0752a3d9e0102477f7abc9e07b8048a08e5b1cf67f263d4b66d4ecc3865c0e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000d303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD303 17180 bytes
SHA-256: f911c0aa4cb84c867ddc8e971a2b4cd3ca22466a896c1903bd3699379a907e53
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1