Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa6931e8d53dee98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:27:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a64e0cd21eec1938e9e0bca210fc60f7 SHA-1: fb95d340148a9a1582a564efb0fc73125401b831 SHA-256: aa6931e8d53dee9875813a406dd6b4f7d3d2982d623a96175d1fc34abefc5ca5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or spam campaign, indicated by multiple heuristic firings related to URL links on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links, some pointing to potentially malicious content, supports the classification as a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://packturf.fr/files/87594305287.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/ludibopazasedomapobumefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/bidove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/rixefovinerajawofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717656d5c8f---pimirurefefinidibexewabax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doguxozefugagala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee31f4c4c8---rabakonusizubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/58258399844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qoo5kr17isupuhu5glilonfsupunq4bl/pokudusadaketope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gplcbcopck9gpco6df6acke0c4/59432471121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/36250511641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/65950049435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/36865449362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/54647531808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49525546651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bthqfpjnapo1vlqbjfaphetq63/madonivilenexidaxolafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9h1dl0q6ng2mbn54e9iaiene4/41313459440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/tevukefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/28250417721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/bozesinup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/nesasutokojivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/buvulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840291983e5---86507502358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3lgfb7i1t9cs78sh9d05u8m89/jabaxomojesokonuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=bollywood+movie+online+2020PDF 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_off0000f0d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D1 17532 bytes
SHA-256: a285b9647c364137ec3951ccc8cf82d37fb5fb3b7ea855e54b39ba95e8b2b3d8
font_01_sfnt_off00011eca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ECA 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 470aa145e8387f23929ee2c6f7c4ef488890c2eb6a3845e3571e2647b4c5e180
font_02_sfnt_off0001367a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1367A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1