Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa58fae75ab1f61c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:19:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6a0d4c2dfb7f9bf25d87e9f77b0104a4 SHA-1: 087f22f1df2bad3d6b42fe30c21e82f55769bc72 SHA-256: aa58fae75ab1f61c13066200ff2281323eed6b9d21f34aed30f349c5d21e60ec
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=citizen+amendment+act+2019+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336ecb3c11a---19943665186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5caaa31c881ef14d9589164e65a67235/94767070870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hollandunitedreunion.com/clients/5/52/52f3fdf721cdccceb566e47094f1d9de/File/38014988833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/11431679858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/86055567394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4jn49t6ksoncj7pmc3l27env1/figazasovevawenibevawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1987b26a975444cb98344dc044e1c9c/2393035509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df59b24b9240efe5de19da0040f322de/bibebisalateras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0444f5b7613c181dd4c76083077c044/xijodozejisuwebudinopanuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/xevenexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/bifenimoresikakisotava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ce6c2adb9---texosejabixeguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/19884115160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/60178064572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0a7e9c841---35799755902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210815_175246.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://eichler-kammerer.de/demobujavuwevorofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/miwilisedinuxogokibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agencement-menuiserie-var.fr/stockages/files/12114804854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26eb63b4f1f989838c0963e9aa48701c/dasavozasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upsshop.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozofixukexevimiwemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac4001cc56---gameje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ebcc0c324b---rebumizabigos.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_off0000d909.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD909 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 21e416ec3abc73f0dadfe163617643580430bd5b637922e338ce1667716529e8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF265 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 11fb3e530fa421c7423de37013995a799175dccf727877b49d35e5e9f80e140c
font_02_sfnt_off000120b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1