Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa0d9e879758d2c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 12:17:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 855718321a18f2876d6449c5897826ec SHA-1: c977e0123f0d4eb679348b867dbcd516da210023 SHA-256: aa0d9e879758d2c90ab05402b2929c3c44783f7f5a500f0ae83bf3c70031006a
214 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to potentially compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate these links are used in a link farm to deliver a payload, with some links being invisible and repeated. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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
  • Invisible/repeated PDF links deliver payload file critical PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE
    PDF uses invisible link annotations and points to a direct payload download. Repeated invisible links or lure-like payload names such as document/unlock/verify archives match malware-delivery PDF carriers where the page is only a prompt and the real payload is fetched from the linked URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/zadosimuju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/debabaxanitudakerozuwibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/pigomupitisidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/3509677263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents//files/fitolagasutivofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/zepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/lotalebidoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608407059b84d---gololewifisoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7b984e52c---todig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lnk-creation.fr/upload/file/9184180907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/59196988626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/67137802513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubiimmvn2oidb9bmm58cb9cp6s/dazuketobusatinix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/pisonabakedejawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79a7d19c9c---90655823116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2taqj2l3fs9h66pd73phe4k0bi/77497916510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f229301217---popotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d92d2bdc1bc344e34bdf33fcf7354665/sopozobutukoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/wusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847f70aee60---falidokesimoxaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef3127d85e---71377642348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/14413562611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfd7132a43---gisuxibukegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4199b1974a0937ab4e1347dba0825f4/tefiniwupalinovifiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/86294778925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_B33CAA2992245EF6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+sanandreas+apk+data+androidfunz.comIn 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_off0000e5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD6 17120 bytes
SHA-256: fb7d11b01af08434b93e7317b58a72bbe07cc2cbc43f6f124557fc95d3e00de8
font_02_sfnt_off00012adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADC 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 1c67dafc5c312a584d1a209116c409909077d247d7883291d4d75e96d0266fbc