Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aa8ed3f99c30c07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-10-10 17:08:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1ef5bb00904a9529e2f9a6f2c41c1eaf SHA-1: 19f0c830af3ca6553771ae2e09d884dcc2874098 SHA-256: 7aa8ed3f99c30c0722f9052252850b8fdee4ad3a600fbfecf2db62fa726b80b9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The presence of multiple links to external sites suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65sfmnj74j9fo0nno5a19um5li/rafimaforonevadijidod.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nja9mhnqmgtemvtbqg440lfu8/solifobowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimotumefoxodolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d71deaa17edb9060bdb1892ab70087/poluzusoxipuxufesirufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82f4749764c393217147a4f4361e4d25/viwolobepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/dozizurefijexipomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://receptabc.hu/images_banner/files/kolelujenowizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanhungcorp.com/images/uploads/files/14392863222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/49202791536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rklatex.com/userfiles/file/jepodadevelobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydeothe.vn/rich_editor/file/kezipedajodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/83779953333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parlagame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/31809749680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/33764339508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9403083968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rallstarawards.us/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lufodetodufemaxefeboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/simimuzixogemutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/86702326577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/kanifotagenusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenodakabokojotojejofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eva.am/files/8a7982b49d013946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v7bbfuopngn55asg4tjim0b80/50108228874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kkslavicin.cz/sites/default/files/file/42116905297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/73345283208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bytip.net/filespath/files/20210915174742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantalentjunction.com/milan/media/fafosime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=pretty+neat+meaningPDF 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_off0000e1b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B2 10232 bytes
SHA-256: ad34f5bd27df0007576dc64eb3823c4a62eb4b538f06015ba9d14b2d27e6c694
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A5 20972 bytes
SHA-256: faf6167cf1040906a0e9cc790ead1251f8bb2f4473a6db7c21ba125879ac412a
font_02_sfnt_off00013085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13085 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1