Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 995aaecc98fd46a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5d039326ff5dce33658f59493a456179 SHA-1: 8dcca905e47ed558df69eedf8b3bf5dd7d4c8ffd SHA-256: 995aaecc98fd46a4ba35af937b52be1090dd716751ceb45b9ba7caddfee5c8de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and numerous external links align with techniques used to lure victims into clicking on malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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 http://billsky.ee/files/file/8304832768.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d72afecc0651b64d8a46045f2b75c08/purilutagugulunivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/kasabovamorise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobitransjogja.com/files/sixufobirerekodizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uhvaabqp09cmpm00bks0gldkhm/61504939459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/telanusisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/66697727114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoinhikhoavn.com/img/files/novowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6605ac210928d0e7322117a966a66441/7379774273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865ba16c24d---48909499383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/mopezepowurupikasuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/17395883835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/22153981095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2fd72ca373374aee854fe4657c5e552/69330734738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/bosurazikovusezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a104ff902bf---55861118781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/soxujakabebuxededezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/15996997012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/87298158523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/96851930022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118d74c394fe---ditemaluxusifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdaf1ce9c9---nejorav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/fuxizavomevorozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iuvle195f7hd614e99f8kpdrt2/35438792338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/bifaragugokexigalase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6ab9c1572155ad14ccddcaebf58948/1532894900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=office+politics+book+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000f74c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xF74C 16540 bytes
SHA-256: fc306beaa5b340e611fdc43a5832d489ba7cf393a5e4d416bbd2f680a25e986a
font_00_sfnt_off0000ceb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEB5 15980 bytes
SHA-256: 87af0fb0df758193fe035161ede5df8bf9c8980635fcab8e2d8f6040bbcea585
font_02_sfnt_off00010e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E55 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 995c18f835855954c30d1b07d93fea202ebde61a0cd9eb88f87e55c2880824a4
font_03_sfnt_off00012623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12623 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1