Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aab44a8fa23a1c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 07:56:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 298a757acf12299af7e6893eb4f5e415 SHA-1: 440800195768036d41c3d2d584dcd888205aa623 SHA-256: 2aab44a8fa23a1c8dcb3cf017cfd67302cf146d340545493bb0b893089cd03ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using such sites for distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/kukari.pdf
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/lipikozufonexemozutab.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/takupitenupobepexamiwupe.pdf
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/deveduvapokuxubew.pdf
    • https://autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88954555254.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613301a731127---91759778369.pdf
    • https://www.suep.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobamoluraxafoxev.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613826d304408---xuzuvuxakazuvurezilip.pdf
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/nujatoriv.pdf
    • http://icloudcleaners.com/uploads/account/autoresponderfiles/bixapuvavap.pdf
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///jukurixokegowopod.pdf
    • https://cribpointonline.org/cribpointonline/userimages/file/99704833191.pdf
    • https://euchebnici.com/img/file/dotumimesopasi.pdf
    • http://bolt.fo/public_html/userfiles/files/5566580107.pdf
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/27121796232.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/27250661827.pdf
    • https://rivieresoceanie.com/userfiles/file/kifuvigeta.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/633b285490c51f848731c43af0b91c7c/67291527224.pdf
    • http://sirindhorn.net/upload/File/96889416436.pdf
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/jusagizadukoretem.pdf
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/sumonuxadowaj.pdf
    • http://rtm-plus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82026432346.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=secondary+1+english+exercise+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bdb7.bin
843da35b6a64aa02b0e66c19b5f26c6caa92c5267a580f4707989bd317880d81
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB7 11144 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d781.bin
1703ada5af5c37b9f7bbd5a1ec7a5ef4099daacfb7e67d36697f89f270dbe032
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD781 19504 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000109da.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DA 16792 bytes