Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aba22cdfdf22c84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 19:23:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 56ca11c84de26b38a3dc760202babbdb SHA-1: 63ee2070062ab5ba173262d4f465a500f170c941 SHA-256: 8aba22cdfdf22c8498dd46fba403332c0a94a79705d30bc67a469ebb4b20583b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The PDF structure and embedded links indicate an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious external sites, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=malayalam+full+movies+free+download+utorrent PDF link annotation
    • https://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/3955502689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skinct.com/upload_file/file/Fl202109011405287067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertravel.hu/_user/file/88076081814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelharmika.com/assets/userfiles/files/rexujibudexetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikolalepojevic5.com/multimedia/file/lovalurirosizemarijomatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70241313621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2266e90b5fca59c9741814706e55cd0e/48951493630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifap.it/images/file/tutitaxudewofenerinijage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af8cb8a38504855237598dc807c7cfb/4399887773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kewufanonevekoxebojobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elperrocallejero.info/ckfinder/files/5393565585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents/files/piviwaladimenewedoriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/mutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinclub.org/FCKeditor/file/66751295482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/98768983150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-rive-droite.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71080964687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergakiland.ru/files/files/48505145872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/kovukijanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.almansori-ye.com/almansorifiles/files/40421246294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/rixafijifusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/75499486343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio.com/contents/files/mejomelijixubakuwemiraram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insinkerator.us/images/uploaded/file/41966071087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4a31b0ac3---11022866852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jadinatenukixoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mskabel.cz/UserFiles/File/91758277845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18558103743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f7ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11001 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 7d08869afc86904e5f5ee238badda86304d483e079a5a7e1c11be61402df81d3
font_02_sfnt_off0001412f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412F 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 1fe2121599c3147b8dc392df842a38509c69f8dfaff9fb42c1651add57ee8499