Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aa2b9ea58d648ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:24:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fd4a49c440bb4ec9dedbb6ef95e6cae0 SHA-1: eda3fc4bc17be4f4591a100eda82406767f40890 SHA-256: 2aa2b9ea58d648ae77579aae318368a76d9ee6cdbde2fe5d9e595aa21b0cfcd8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked domains suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=merger+dan+akuisisi+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/31738983441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qshuk5mv033hngshpp835uk1ec/gitorer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/vegemupoxexudosugobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemtechnika.lt/public/site/0files/20642861331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19320728894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739d9c7c2b6---pexezofabitewuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ac9808f81---33241120735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilavoxara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/gekukediroxatawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/xizewofulebopiwudafemeruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c875f405f6b5aff829db569fad60c214/29740790973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc1e3e7b664263992ac83bfd5eb18353/79541750150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaparatt.com/images/File/76645730672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/92690056889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087da7a69588---94245498186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06cff04f00---11606903911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b009f1671a---ledogilexelomudulibopex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bd99d1c2d9e5e37c42ac9d7ac4b82f3/56812039643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/2511126889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f647b5c515ed7c8fa5bca85b8761fb7/xudofarobelimumabulas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/vebetitavoludufiziwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44bebdec0a86c5da0aa6107c73dd7d3e/29296065877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/75487270281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/xafewikesefezopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df82891e05f---zopudasaxepiveruv.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_off0000de56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE56 18612 bytes
SHA-256: 0c29063e3cbd41f0b344de11ab8c83677238ebc0c0bbe9b7880167be8a08de4c
font_01_sfnt_off00010e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001266c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266C 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 7db32bd6b88aa8c33faf0c83b9b6b18e0898e7057042bcdf834841e3baf02f96