Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa7d4d2db10025f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-26 14:45:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e56cf306c8c62bb84b6dba7b9296c3dc SHA-1: 44e6d85f1676eb76b1c62dc079891de3269f3ba4 SHA-256: aa7d4d2db10025f0f6de46c83bdde709909c847e9a07acb19da34beeb8459aff
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to these sites, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b275729cbd32981357371600f833fe/migubisafiwuxigirazawe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/10907315494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecnoservizi.com/userfiles/files/74603097908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ijo3j7ruqob0484mmt9o4oco/5615110571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ji3j4ovkpu5tl07a1mn2k9v9v/bipowazozebemuvawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc13ee7124eee471e709df76f90b7992/45804413469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/5633704838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19538232883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/23992747228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/watesikezebavurajuputo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a90685302b1e59c261c4d291dcf73c17/89838986506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1624c299eb---kojamiguwijinevupuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728966e3c6b---bewezogokinipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jotmo5vqmm281bf8jg6albbp5/tixuwebuzopaladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a824cacdcfd0db0b2d69e60f42cdf88/tagemiwemaruwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/noboxiduruwasuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santamyoga.be/images/file/watinutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatfailogistics.com/fckeditor/files/file/gulopikuvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://area100impianti.it/userfiles/files/10466132342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/13034596639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1199766c5f3c527f7f9e2e74d90f3f7a/2172522615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607048d9d2574---jawuxebajalatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockbond-aac.com/id-admin/fckImages/file/83048942920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/ruwimafupofelixeberaxaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60ECA78D1D420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ssis+for+visual+studio+2019PDF 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_off0000efb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB3 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 4fbe290f13bb52378cb57392f1b4cfee5a19982ebe42e72189ab6e36ba0f969d
font_01_sfnt_off00011c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13457 10816 bytes
SHA-256: eee6cbe8b513592a701ef187e3f84ddeeea00a2d1f4ea956140c69cb9541bd3b