Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aa13e783b52ce43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:48:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2ae899b7ded7013d3bbca70f0c4d90f8 SHA-1: e6b9ee76ca4c910379dd29b76c6a9a993667579f SHA-256: 7aa13e783b52ce43676906a821845f16df7c5d7b9ab71225e0478b6510198062
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, aiming to redirect users to malicious PDF files. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly indicated maliciousness. The presence of external URI links and PDF link farms suggests an attempt to deliver further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/tinamajiwar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/89986712956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429172056848475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je0eevefe4sielthcgkrmchh06/gogodaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f27df2bbe7---jomoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/90944906019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f776309d3---32373272194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanlacsclub.com/ckupload/files/fetezugerejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/21131713081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075847f3566d---24947156138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5eba2ff1307a1c844d1476f262d4b85/pogufedadajokelawibolezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609401bfc7246---45280466722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/radul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50426281158dc4eec98a812f649b29ee/pikiwekenajejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/4290841522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/xizakuwopoxebuweboviruzeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf689d6f0a8d5a86258126b3c5eb4d88/newinapugiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/zorupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075582f01c68---34845950783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/40862979153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/legumesoluduligarakuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://museeducuir.org/upload/files/batobobifasipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/15340782928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ex2010.com/uploadfile/file/2021080612540173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/11775768663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=50+types+of+poems+pdfPDF 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_off0000e1e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F8 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 7ef9142dbf7604638c2ac6e696db8919bf19063d20e0b0b1a5da5d062e9bd704
font_02_sfnt_off000111b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B7 18300 bytes
SHA-256: e04dbb34cf831ed6c08efee2090be305f1ecde16d4e5c9cc4960b2a5fd114f93