Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aa5340055cb6fea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:27:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6b4bd9002e16768805891683675e96f6 SHA-1: 12ba425d649bc44a8e7e4787f0bd81538c607528 SHA-256: 7aa5340055cb6fea47b10118455c5f9f1cfe55a69ed380be29d00057891788cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains multiple links to external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://austria-ex.com/images/blog/file/xavarapunewomibex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://palestraarkadia.it/userfiles/files/32164460946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabelavabupiruxudorusebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df26ed4922---dubazisititeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettocecinacuore.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/patanavoguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0985028898.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94284613948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litroshaber.net/resimler/files/guvaponojalutitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70449077740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portableandcool.com/files/files/lalivusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/xobijigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plan.msu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54786505558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/48427279628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blccy.com/userfiles/files/86437193601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/jijariponu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a90ebe8f63---wutivelezudajomusidora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/januwapizugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161430c9217471---valofixuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/77223936393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/24349337853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujibibonugos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/nelowixumoliseworurunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a9akebb754k809lg829nlote5/labanovowegusuvogomagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27996181178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/93138031032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92107317537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=automatic+call+recorder+and+hide+appPDF 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_off0000d7a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A0 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 980df8c86be4107e1beaa7c0849d2dcc71c7bbd8558c3eb9f4e8194397b39928
font_01_sfnt_off000106f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0D 10692 bytes
SHA-256: c6a6cbc9c6b54e8f2066bdbcdf4a9f7ae4a303ac1758e9c8c3ccd478804ded54