Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa1607d13829702c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:35:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7181c5218d2e4555936f0a4bb5adf430 SHA-1: 0018cbfbcb79d8bbe57b44a2c614726607ad2913 SHA-256: aa1607d13829702ce72e5d2b01ab916b4925880fa30f010f7c658d6eec31c47e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/82902910611.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bd3ebe5ba4d1fdf46db1edd7c2b1ad2/seveniriveduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb4b680e63---47193710845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/puposujiliforewavil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c45a258d49---55658396524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcenterdk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/bafelelujonitolaregidomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11464745403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cb00674d162d4e8f949dd09ecef15eb/5626078634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2mmgmrkd7gisama67bso1dtg1/65951869817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607484cf442b0---23648474891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/15082131305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dada31dab---8643663334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c589a4db5f78b1f62aa839405dd82639/4800776676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/loxodisesalemadadaxedomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe09fdb4777dbea6abdf2843e403be0b/wavofizotatoduxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210726052143_g0gu0a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents/files/98988372173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6iaqhhkktn5kcg6vlufrsefoi/kijekakamadirajobigoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dde384d353---patibepolepodabovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dfol08515mvh5cbu7fhs6rfh6/kezigesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/95024702462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodispirito.it/userfiles/file/38294304759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7502b374304e71c784cf9aba2db197/kesoloxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf7acd05a4---tusajojuwikupedijivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=thermodynamics+practice+problems+and+solutionsPDF link annotation
    • http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/static/imgUpload/files/wasevavozebe.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_off0000bb49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB49 15976 bytes
SHA-256: 8c4987d5140ab41e8d50c0f20d69978a5b0af63115f2ce29e6c6e76992cb552d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e42e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC45 11096 bytes
SHA-256: d551f206fb6d57b2d6612f11064268d523a7d1b4c6cde8c8d46188740de25006