Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5aabd2f0bdaf17a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:25:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 94be0346eec22afe238508450d1867a9 SHA-1: 54efd2f3af99bcf295ef869a9e9966e6b905942c SHA-256: 5aabd2f0bdaf17a054c4436d67be3d582d3307b2e6bebf5b092362d2662cb089
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not explicitly detailed, is a common vector for PDF-based attacks to download and execute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bendy+coloring+pages+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba6tb05ql5cbgolm387cj7ija4/76554800436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gukopopabavufupapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20e34ca69414dbb888d6a40145d216b6/defokanukusetagobega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/xegulipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/4643782979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrm69dbci3hqdqgpfhu8udkogq/retobuwudonesutavukorutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210604123841548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/bivodujomujiwomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94286573489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easthighclassof1962.com/clients/2/24/240b89ecbeded73b1ae3fdc7544f4fd7/File/9294317980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/wisowamimitanafame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/89948111800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e39e0b7b91ac9fc9c619560dd9e2e7c/pepaxewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838458a5518---kalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781621baa75---meboziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/wituluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///fejusuvuzalixozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f05e69c88e7---8019480402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82326a285f0acb62ec2007a82e463df1/46971070704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106e0414e4f8---42666073717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/mowovuwelovuregigogizekak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607284b5e9385---36999541828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apgg4h2m2h5gtmq136p4flln59/guxoxulizopezalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/472f6bb1368310ad535b3130f769ca58/20366351832.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_off0000f45c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45C 18016 bytes
SHA-256: fc0f752feb9e17113cb826f48412af753fc1b6a0f47356f1c8fb11e308f301e0
font_01_sfnt_off00012399.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12399 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB0 10864 bytes
SHA-256: e0ca266e828d699a2201f64ceae79e837832087fa22a204de64c172feecf3d4a