Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aa30c9fb8cd487f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:46:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a197c9268d4dc914cfb658576189e9de SHA-1: 98fdd1d8392d80ec3ffd1f5a646974fc075c3d23 SHA-256: 2aa30c9fb8cd487f849bce1c37aa476372c856c24fa06f0214b59624877cd027
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this document is part of a phishing campaign, likely delivered as an attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+verb+noun+adjective+and+adverb+in+a+sentence PDF link annotation
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdjmrj2kblmtbsa0b9au701c1t/20346004356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/54523091135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lc7a8jhaacgv16mjeb2psacv3h/96396096881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a093b38a2dc---kiwaxugubiwefum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/50786817626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quff372rmenggurqm395ukpu51/bapipelanasugewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seja.lv/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/juzuxamexitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1s2mokjll74pipfm0e4634q430/93667307632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/70829967109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/21803947440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fb42ba408---wugimamiwelodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/13119907683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d23817b919dec10a8fe6ff793975ca69/56725082620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f8c8b57d323f7cbc2c815431fee4ac/19828878190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8fea1cbd97---domawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/nisipepijixabilagipivewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4595827598---morepufonegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fa01a96f4---46275663822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8f1961640---93445409582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psfslqb18f6vc7pd3homllg5r6/97940839218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fa9c69b71---newoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed0486eca03fd24d6f68bcd4f99cae2/kemivoxizewololuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/69042827555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7c7deb82e---2111043255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fedbd0c4e2---51673250872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/60290086843.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_off0000f43d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF43D 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 08b65ff3eaa94755ba7e3d7b33b126182a86c2223dbc90c39aa8b1fd67eb4734
font_01_sfnt_off00012096.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12096 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138AD 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 233b89fe2bd6378e4c07ceb60189b0acd5037ae554bf74afddc22ef42dcac240