Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa823adaacb9d2ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:11:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 89ba8ce14f518a9895c5c250058c0f84 SHA-1: ac8c02015842392a0edf8ab2540fdb917d1cdc4f SHA-256: aa823adaacb9d2ef631f1862b6e6b83e8ddfcde35a059bd5f7a79088cdce8e4c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=disease+prevention+and+control+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4f156082127f592cff16e1c4eb5cf5/xidobunupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e25386a2c9361730ce6004354d15255e/42792725369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/5002910237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adfe1d71feb8d332f1af2054112ef208/saroribolipegefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/24286226577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843fb82dc30---26762968730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1e33e1c8cac23f9b4281a1caa378fc/82315181133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/57132520140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ecbe25da4---93882248791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/44277325059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129c3ee77c77---71806664514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/gufiluvikadanulawanawuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/fevixafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq1g9at5c45afh2j5id7a00l62/gokirezafinumezasebato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11f576ee8b2800973abaee0839799392/xikibuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/99335547901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onthebroadway.com/CPD/adminpanel/upload/file/9461330078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/94439026693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibookingkr.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210820_1228399317329D26.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krcatikyonetimi.com/userfiles/file/93389013627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cea0e11a0---zigujubowologalafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7a67c2203405d6d225c26a394b2f386/82347535533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d1736f90---61893233540.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_off0000e540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE540 10680 bytes
SHA-256: e0b0a16354784a568a7039bab0dea61bc3cd5c734e3288b2b4ebbd73e50bc861
font_01_sfnt_off0000fde1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE1 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 0daf883e17333b31fddc64c39b610cd2b1594d263b924dded0269afff6a25b6b
font_02_sfnt_off000129d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1