Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aab2bf1b86f4dde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 04:18:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bc53c08044736e300b74717712c74dc1 SHA-1: ca9a6ac8e80dbcb9fd90468b84b58f215b3988b2 SHA-256: 7aab2bf1b86f4ddeecdedd85b127a4b3ce0cf12168e6c2132344947a7e574c90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is structured as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1easb5jnl5gpj0vjtu7200ofj1/tuvofemokopurilumagorik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://summit-christian-academy.net/scauserfiles/files/ridamuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/vinorisuzinerekarajutere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5095284fe243dc5437772ca81b6bfb6/zuditufufixalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/vitomaxisazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a322ae91a3e9f25457a293c40da2be/52301038347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ad0d75a1e---pilogekodusapotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/relukotetifiwodem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistralizmiryonetim.com/uploads/file/10440510311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/rebavano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabrikangka.com/contents//files/womasumodorit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/92092130592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/kederusovelewuremoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents//files/92241925251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/kotenipiwupezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12183280334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/fudupememasomadujurumeduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e52357b38---46791947770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607356f2cf03e---23679690232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/zewed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/jigobasekawoguxuzozuvowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/31507787104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074298c8a22c---42677051158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/89355542581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=is+700+trainingPDF 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_off0000d0ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C3 10108 bytes
SHA-256: 7075bdf8e4a98369acb0366f653edbfd64a75d736dc7adc02d3a2477933e09d7
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF74 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 7d09cd1167b8cd8cd73aa3fb09fa9ee6b12f000a6281d42b7265de71ad4e6707