Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6aae03424793e38e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.1 KB Created: 2021-06-24 16:19:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 7af9eac685b9a4320ba5c8e073936fea SHA-1: 8048e72458322ab9fce8b18097de8e70f4d624d2 SHA-256: 6aae03424793e38e89df2ef25f49d5fe6e069442b9f7df5a692b816e6dc45f75
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lkg+drawing+sheet PDF link annotation
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c6c726a51---bipamulupuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/jiselomuzozasuxibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc8b62f02d---botepipixododawurafafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ig8fevelg05h3kd3j5t1mknh0/56621743326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/86120293634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad0325b5ca1---21521651025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5de8ff522312de068443dc9474ab7bac/nixebolafujewekileredaxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrokentakifinan.com/resimler/files/94501161536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc004769cf---61385227000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvagekkmh1da1bgsndeme299t1/74030712402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d218000c9---girar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742bbe488ff81a8c1fdeb40b40de55a4/33942541592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb4c9137g65v291lvo9k3dpeo3/dofelogodujisijituduzopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/20522095309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfc37ad53d---zururi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882a1e44782---rerovurubela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/bexebejekitasodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12091 5152 bytes
SHA-256: cfa4551824f6b74dc920e38af4a34a27db4c0448b020808b29e4ad31f696a760
font_01_sfnt_off0001322a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1322A 13080 bytes
SHA-256: 853b19fb28cd9e015e55551e9429382a9a9fd270588529ce590506bcd3d776a6
font_02_sfnt_off00015db2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DB2 16380 bytes
SHA-256: cb3a1aed5b370bd1d7477759da824edd9c2307b129d43639a83f953c217cfea1
font_03_sfnt_off000173e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x173E6 2744 bytes
SHA-256: 61e77b37ce7ffa0fb144445017789a03c416694b7cc138e5784aba6412f84f81