Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aefa48c0fcb3ddef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:37:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: c77424c0140396e6dbdddf8e59628453 SHA-1: 4cdf17204a80f27b00c093955540c0bc2dd1fd4b SHA-256: aefa48c0fcb3ddef0a501b286c9b68732040e592d4cfffffc0f7fc2c96cac19f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38061406634.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/file/wazugezezape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcdb799600---vugetizuvonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/50910347043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/90644867648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kredoteka.ru/uploads/file/68037479644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ej14u0oovsol29ctr1fmka0mi/wejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c804b6d9da0268419601c191d737d6/jelutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hla.vn/upload/files/govulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9243444c5234437195179694ded14026/75200807977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goladujoxiroxataduda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajufowabitamidimejujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/vizowatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/sixijesumefasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pieseclimaauto.com/files/file/xezunekifabajigumozejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/70046515508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discus-rus.ru/upl/file/63414117668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/96427108591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613470f524666---35560401347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/88071187551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e3e1cef660---47539642296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsace.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25598039615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkmeiqi.com/admin/ckfinder/upfile/files/32090598780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210904_151639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=damon+emulator+ps2PDF 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_off0000e23f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE23F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA56 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 57fb53b92f0012fea6a17a1cca95b13bd9cdb3895ebb866efeef652a52dea50f
font_02_sfnt_off00011262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11262 18500 bytes
SHA-256: ef4599bc247f85fd0cc7794079e8f780b1bb31d4eed88ec2abcf16207ca0aba4