Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aa4a1e383f443b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:27:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 457d08211eb5420ea5de50c93944ec6f SHA-1: 96406797abac5890afcaac50130b77deec53a0b5 SHA-256: 0aa4a1e383f443b138184cd7bd70ee857b37380682a8939eb15ace85d1dbb3f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to domains flagged as link farms or hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://isspskola.lv/userfiles/files/pizusalolis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088882ba6d3d---doxepuxudiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/1750438740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/73506626016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-zra.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37849892572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/zakirobofefekiziseleveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3a5d456715781bd70b5380f7681455f/duwifunodaxekanalone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://law885995.com/upload/fckimages/file/lotikurizisawemuzugabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d27f9b3b04ac71a46c94a5d5cb43848a/65525996858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df13a81c9e5d46704bd75aaf4f98287/61373829304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/53116350561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/14300908667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/kalinazuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd9b24ed60a---dosirigoxuxolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/92261699676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/92034273546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15835e3646---xikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/muputeligawotonapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608113efd5e6b---sonelomepiluwupawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b2d4ea474---mufasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungtdc.com/upload/files/32343378070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f721b9ccdc---golikurelogoromuvagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b67f6e9b20c731ff75b2083080ae3f5/87323079150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=innova+42+incubator+shaker+manualPDF 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_off000105c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C9 11040 bytes
SHA-256: d44a14a9dabad6c46c24935bdbd6d48539cba6901906e3f0cea99041feff9afa
font_01_sfnt_off00011f76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013788.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13788 20892 bytes
SHA-256: 2cf8d833ec5ab7d061d0e7cb2e66ad748e73a6298da55c82067d90b257a1691a