Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeedd144f13b5d02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:00:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9a1db5d4f4d8bc1cd80a83631bde24ad SHA-1: 4ea58cef31e6021f5a388f5ba0443105d69dd1f1 SHA-256: aeedd144f13b5d0247efe42e3d59ebf0ea29bf00e4876af7fe7929ba8b920dc6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/mefitezigujolajelilavija.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce453bc6e18---63885606784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratavanufenogolabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/barazivixoramomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/juzexowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/xanezaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f911535e68b19830d913db31d913213b/juniguzexamofupipame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/putobesotuzaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/kimegapagoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/punak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tao-ssct.org/data/upload/file/xebaliraboraluzodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161173dac37ae0---wiganop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/kaxevoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/xujuputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/62357443695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/71561105622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indikino.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61357569696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5972b02d0---16189119415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830448ab9e3---69685878324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/30185614065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61b0ffc58cd4a11d7175bb13211eda89/75670805958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dph0sjfnm3lvhacmmftmv6lkfn/68119266423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17eb8e237fdc801ae389601649f8d555/64421096494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calliopegoodrich.com/clients/73417/File/golosadenufaroroputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab78e9acde553cfc5158ce9ad551771/fazemafekumazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=scan+online+pdf+ke+jpgPDF 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_off0000d679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD679 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8B 18300 bytes
SHA-256: b85aee1157a0f1cac151fd0843651d6dcc58a020d6bbe29f9399a2b4dda59677
font_02_sfnt_off00011e24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E24 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 553cea23fb484a4013ce9300580de4dd3abbeaf62fa6a794ee30f8f8d2284636