Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa7072512aaddc49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:10:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d6fb40cff3d9d85a0aa9aab86ce0aafa SHA-1: d2b5c05bf2acf6f982d2474cb0a87caf3d4c08fd SHA-256: aa7072512aaddc49289c3135665c2d7ecc4492e8851c6a24f52f74da06323f1c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination of the malicious links. The presence of numerous embedded URLs, many of which are unknown or point to potentially compromised sites, reinforces the phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://abnicum.ru/files/file/fegelegisolowopeketutabiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f98d7fd405de0b1eebb6d3bda4ab7ef2/votesomujaxovevewojubeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/823vnts19ns20cfbumfju9mo01/xilusopejupiboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210722_2F9DAFEB9603DB7D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6c3486b42---lufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/gupakudesipejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd53c673a1---29434978393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mereledux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/93266054452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e783ab17258---kodoxoramapakekipiredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59517046448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/pevaxizuvobefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b98c55269---19419971541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18dc7df70815d7249100303f5a364027/72389098576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/dozazemotasepuleniwokakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082632650def---78312788589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sese9v3dihtgs01hhc3ii5vdg/tabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d134fc89c4---5395734065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2f62861942---risetanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/tapizuzakoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqjmp8b9s6514a36p46tco5lte/73085322790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1287a70346ec61adf33d27dd6bb4261c/14400529804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/96667757676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/16342663077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/periguletixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=best+way+to+remove+mold+from+leather+car+seatsPDF 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_off0000f5a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010db9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB9 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 7dadb1130d745be57791ce3b77f81c67b3208f68ca619d37a9059ad0a0e3b6cd
font_02_sfnt_off00012702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12702 16776 bytes
SHA-256: b22a1d1830dca6f47cc8dc298fc9808b922a3d61b351cc9e3df87c5b464facc3