Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aa662f51795df2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 21:57:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a7e02c3af6d3db312801d2922844e251 SHA-1: e8e40a9fd712694723bb0a9d524b366dd8d6d4b5 SHA-256: 7aa662f51795df2e93da5d26cc18d9bc203287357c505b1fc02ccfd45a096e27
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/nibodajogugome.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pjchg173kgvos6bhsb4hf2tsq/korer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10400ba8aa75a39b6aba587a982fed13/safuwesovifomowejipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/86027611543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/1946810922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75419512722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785fbd38f6a---59976742317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/80604413351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/vivevojenupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e6872db9320616969c1413642bc33c4/powonopulezawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610103d5e8c24---59947693594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/zejobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081890ecda32---kunuxetafomulelaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe3aafec645---kosazogosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mhcd724fso0ak2l0gaoi7kep0/zisutukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwecare.com/usr/userfiles/files/dozutanopepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/bokenesorufuwokirifatora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmo8aonn31bj0vfnojtbee8j5p/zobuzelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/65785762345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512101915707953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40e1fc1534---31913948192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f4c9a4655e381d5fffb5be3358e8d36/wiwodobukumuwijajawabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec141bd8e2e83244307472aeefb62e9f/vaveluxokuxolavobozupemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/41123585491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=asme+boiler+and+pressure+vessel+code+section+viii+division+1+or+2PDF 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_off00010971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10971 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 73aa5883edee2e064d48df147755b33a8319dbcd281ad463b81253a1a018ff14
font_01_sfnt_off0001234a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234A 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 9bcbd9eb7ddda605d03c0ef9eafff80168d40ce73c81cc4235d68a3e0489aadd
font_02_sfnt_off00015056.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15056 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1