Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa852188de516547…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:58:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d2268a11009b3220a2646077602cb6d1 SHA-1: a6e0ead4ac27542da4fb6a3c84a3ca7372312ded SHA-256: aa852188de516547a063aad4040053884fb22e5c94570a195d06ba8375c429d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of external URI heuristics further supports the malicious intent of directing users away from the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/13088673804.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd76df45bd5---kaxofumepuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladymamashop.com/uploads//files/202108100829447900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/89106865370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/polevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilybarnes.com/DEVELOPMENT/VERSIONED/emilybarnes/trunk/sites/default/files/file/dagovuvinapaxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919a4e64db6---62064230613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/7159934420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/45071528901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb514d12b2ad3fd2f31871fea82a2dae/90407104216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briquettemachinery.com/d/files/bosulakekilagipuxorusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ae3d99a63025afbb3aeeebef76f307/mukawifen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dea08bae8c0---85783813405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nosefukadidojigamivekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/nupejemomanegejusokijewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/linajositede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65854921981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210901231631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/korezefesuwurulalunawojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/7622330592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5e9fe0347---dexiwuzinizerizikule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/ridisujegekisila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/pamexibufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/176df5129e365f5132110a5d95afbd07/safixipoxatogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/tonidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=stihl+029+farm+boss+manualPDF 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_off00011a5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A5D 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 96c434996dfefc706e5cbd15c769b0b3344672b06c40f713a2ccde04dc85d57d
font_01_sfnt_off00014a84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A84 11072 bytes
SHA-256: c66506fd6cf0bfa2585604c97566c863ea7e7dcca993760589bc659e1ef46b64
font_02_sfnt_off00016422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16422 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1