Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00aa4a4b3b9f9170…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:10:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 96d5475b801643251c9cd8306fb2d051 SHA-1: afd6cb70ae4c6ba23d9ffcc69de92bc43e4d7f8d SHA-256: 00aa4a4b3b9f91707c10ed1b348221f8463492fa65948521e6dd787b4040df04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. Embedded JavaScript is also present, likely used to facilitate redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lexicologie+d%C3%A9finition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/ridobowajujirawebikojuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62fd4c372f---60791102814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/galijafigekawusawakurawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/91676209140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63de98c693c3dc7d4d46d3f45ab4ea56/85936742465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://felixefontesadvogados.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ximavoxixupapakeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c7dabbe397a6ded43688b6c26546b59/43357447218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7892f6e8ed80e308c19bd3e9169377af/fenebozomogaxajewuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1842b28fea---norivamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/bumeladirilovoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d17165210---36043244708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/ragokakiwejenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconburyreunion.com/clients/36523/File/36463605872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxlinder.com/admin/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49539469927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/48897630804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75230834348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/sijanatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cansuyu.org/resimler/files/wijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadtbild-intervention.de/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47218736540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/301346f7a65f1f4556587ee3352f3c7a/bawabosovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb27b06cb1---25799423761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d9c7375646d67949ede28c8518d9b2c/83534902281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74aaf228b73ad4925166c3caddc13b3d/dugegajigadukufede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d3a41f107---xepaganafugilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fa9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA9C 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 41455051cdb2fd9c53afd11c4c1662bc55130173b1d44d2cedf9998e129729cf
font_01_sfnt_off00011258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11258 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A6A 19584 bytes
SHA-256: adaefe5433d9686f9d24f7e6fc72f01b9efae6df3902dc12412cdae968dc2981