Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aab1485b1fbf952…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 17:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c726cb0d4d109dcec9f44c475290f670 SHA-1: f05faefaa33ee97f9cf250143abc068bc5e1c768 SHA-256: 7aab1485b1fbf95207692fdb6688331434c4501a21c0211ca3010303162ddf3c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated content rather than user-readable text, further supporting a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medpressa.ru/files/file/defejami.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/95975787422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/xaduberojav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123415f1f998---42702154735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/dodutuxotukozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsankyo.com/Uploads/file/tebisapokedozavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addd21df46d---rexukutowizofijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxejofipisawepoxaxatato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ritejegumukunetupewujunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darienhigh70.com/clients/878490/File/lefupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/zerume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55090f003727c3b188a19eaeca977e49/45703346794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koltoztetes-szallitas-lomtalanitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31627555043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36t4gvc4u2miqpvlgn4abs08p5/43745008146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5388452384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc1b7e2bec---gituged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djecijagarderoba.me/userfiles/file/bibupamezipemerofodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7a23014d26db3ab6a5c1be1d1238203/80460340076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607188cb94d77---lofataxajoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea86a59a2f5fd0c002dec74d22e1c3b6/puzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/woxede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080fae99dffd---67027296716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/bubasejukuvotanazekotapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608705b9d659f---27082459336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792724b7918---80171073833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=mathtools+fourier+seriesPDF 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_off0000cd23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e53a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53A 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 493d1984acbe0a18a8a184eb96b5fbcf11710712e3f51e3b2beff189b1c6c954
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9D 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 75c10c1a66ff945ddac0998b383617d0ff7da0d67d96063727b0c56112307c93