Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aa3541d4ab724e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:33:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fa90932611775ac9ab75e93fa1050925 SHA-1: 3a5e91290ac378dd1b05f822b49fc3422337774e SHA-256: 2aa3541d4ab724e2725d6892c94ee45939a5ce004a1402353616dc33d05cbf41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution motive.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=upkar+objective+automobile+engineering+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://thecargonepal.com/userfiles/file/luwapenefegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/piwumoteteritox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1f6180dd6---67121332712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a0990dc82---mazegowobotejumozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecaa9422074---8522213351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/fesuwipipojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahijau.com/contents//files/43805701940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dad2a92d92---20766881014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c26a43976---9896235959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4bd1cd80ade85beab85761061a11a8b/remol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///vupona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/73929208202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iubtk8638t5o5nob37s9im1jr5/xegiwoxisoburegelid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-kip.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxivinetizigexizoxakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88a3f31362---52280094374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/39457873877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25428f42755ab9f254a161822694342e/71897074452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/32921037736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m27av8bl1u5eh864ffl45e2fqn/96915502061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00344ee784---ziregasidudavake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f18f88653---pulusevofirazileti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://showdetango.com/bafa/userfiles/file/ribegifugike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/rivarunozujigas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/67240027267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acgbkbt56aemlulnje7hsa4cis/14265835337.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_off0000cef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e709.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE709 11416 bytes
SHA-256: 74e21c6e241209d27f906361cf68eae630ff969aae9a09b098d6c3bd48ce8a40
font_02_sfnt_off00010190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10190 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 31bc900a17ae5f282e9101e13ac4e7cc73112ebaeec5feb5e2255afc1efdd753