Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa5399d417ec9e66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-23 19:02:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f5b6951b53801fc9f1a56748a32c2db2 SHA-1: 4da11d042d00d01c26b3de664bd0ef83de28558b SHA-256: aa5399d417ec9e66ff2c53cb5239a1fc55e57bdeac4550065295e25f2669a6f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan PDF. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF's structure and embedded links strongly suggest it is used to distribute further malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 http://tecumseh1962.com/clients/85183/File/relabetadidipas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc01994ca0c6fa1c3ab70d48ac10b5bc/5177440902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d652434588a---silikiferamogeteren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/pugubinujonejamalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48dd1bf4c2---pixuliwokofaxuxepuwarisan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/fafabawoxigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5he3novqb4lpmf71m76kjtde6/20890254129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/5508598726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/70367305462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/21188132921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/12491881631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/diniluxoxofedizukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msdoubrava.cz/foto/images/file/kukedomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/sisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32367360569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cochu.net/resimler/files/30199623538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvd6d3u5hsmgh7dpvlvna1auh1/dezedigowoxepafefoxema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/6410082743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375058e413c49d8376f80485b550b08e/diwelarolamimesosara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc0988d61fb576347d29fd28efe50170/88863066934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf894082a94---85550434521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/785585b80b5a391bac848ac72e69a7f7/27268946588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/zebulivasitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=colleges+in+wisconsinPDF 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_off0000edb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB2 10164 bytes
SHA-256: be61ac3d7b6cffdf7b159a55102ace8a77cc94c64900ef6b5e7181eec8b94d17
font_01_sfnt_off00010499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10499 16508 bytes
SHA-256: 8b78521b2280df5e0bad2b97dd6c6c33c008192d7e5d4b23ab6622f6ceaf19a2
font_02_sfnt_off00012f40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1