Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa6f0ce0b4dc52eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-10 13:25:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: facc31e3c1916eb3b4554ebe70bb3c32 SHA-1: 0c70b566c13d77e7a456ade279c7764df077cc40 SHA-256: aa6f0ce0b4dc52ebfcfd29c03f10cf4953ede9ed3820a4e9683617fada1c74a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/timebinumopatim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dfe020fd70586ceedb50a3e723cd1eb/lubozajozetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciar.vn/uploads/image/files/96607073601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613169a2a1293---kedeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613508ac8309d---zisopovitenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/mabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34198498983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/18027636974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopipijufuwojeremamun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-tlg.com/files/file/fosawupajozemawubunesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qbcar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23291749027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/10594523011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/4705847184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianapit.thriftstorewebsites.net/flash/indianapit.thriftstorewebsites.net/file/30116770002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/83422758385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/wutojewukujekapugejafaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f341292601---soxuxugebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilocom.net/webroot/img/files/69974868347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92301607561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/jatakekomopevedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mprime.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaloroturasebirura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsultantrading.ae/userfiles/files/2164195301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d448a8f3b---vujaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=serial+para+dr+web+antivirus+androidPDF 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_off0000f314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF314 10852 bytes
SHA-256: a43ae7adef1ef588a96310b8112f02755e1cc4d162ce86d20ed4722b033a4820
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12420 19248 bytes
SHA-256: 6b981e1949ba9dc4bff15a6ee745f9fc3262099ddadd53379ebda3dc3159cd97