Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aaa1748b4f4abbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:29:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6b526692a85aebe6b2c22814d450fa66 SHA-1: 636f4784311a05abb4ee02d0be7449008e0a0764 SHA-256: 2aaa1748b4f4abbdcc085faf2e942b4f55b8269c73e3f6cee352044ed0ed7365
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF employs a common phishing lure technique, presenting itself as an image-only document to entice user interaction. Numerous embedded URLs point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://xn-----6kcaheblih5ab0a6afqbzoqe.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91589688970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/tigifikaguronibasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/78803440844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/vokebatudiguzufaxarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9113rrctjluqrc78ka1veb8ar/49727435935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--szabowski-tub.pl/userfiles/file/xekijimijamojikurapaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3d5f7087b0---luduxigikuxevuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/tefotofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/32324055321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubesibenamufogupiraku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/pegirujefukesuvufijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5tm5anb6uoq7nk5di4e8pua4d/48002262022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/taloves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.com/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/97210183147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/lodev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c51d0496e2---26406541783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paidionresearch.com/userfiles/files/92756122629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thailonghoang.vn/upload/files/japedozemebazuwedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/tumurutemamakepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/tekibevawesupuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a220facd1f7---lojatofukizozobil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwipemonumiwokibifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a204d769e3f---44245803928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textmakareknutsson.se/upload/image/rajikojalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17f4bcbbf42bc251cf3b1ba08e5bc044/23612461963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=least+common+multiple+free+printable+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000b19d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB19D 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 7acf247047fd59dacf54b6aa60ea7592a81a85fee2c01b4e5df5d77058fca3a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e33b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE33B 13988 bytes
SHA-256: bd26c5e5b58646f7998e1f72558660931a8222b04c63ab7eeb4b076454e800c9