Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a555bace3fafcaec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-19 20:13:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ab2ac3bb59460ea641b9cc33857efcfe SHA-1: cb9149c8302332fad700b208c18413ff03d318c7 SHA-256: a555bace3fafcaecadb657d476e5e9b16314bbb4efcdc32fdbcaaae5018ffd56
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on potentially compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The embedded URLs are likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

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 http://qachs88.com/clients/58271/File/xilonagek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/vomemuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/87008182702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/pejurotigefenubujuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/lakuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/2966804112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28a64ceb15---jixajozapesodunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosujedejetasamusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096028abc453---melesagogedoniviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/perenakemupegoravu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/watamigatoxuzukitike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialsupplies.pk/userfiles/files/47633693870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/lixejuvekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e14cb99cf75fbdd755ed50f32c417b98/7498522683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/88510949025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/dipewetanalon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/55246752943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c7f5fceedc8d92a1d1c4b8a11297d3/remuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://folientastaturen.pl/_data/file/43171898700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f16a8d517b588c9b0cb94b9237e9b98/tijomofolimol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/najigagutefalaxefasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/062f6e73c6464a0fe00c80bd36c49b3b/47483955172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eaad41945---fopipavazewibufanaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+calibrate+scotts+speedy+green+3000+spreaderPDF 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_off0000ef75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001078c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1078C 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 33b6955e459592b75fcb68f54083ab166f0cc34554574f444f86bbfe78f94a2d
font_02_sfnt_off000121e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121E3 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 8ae5cfef975eed2009b86922a09e600dbeeb8c5f7e884e971e7a4202975ebb00