Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa8d00b2200e215d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:26:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ebd497747ae43fcbf34c6df73bee8eb6 SHA-1: c945e28d7e75c698775ebf726399e5949605f037 SHA-256: aa8d00b2200e215d27b8eb26fcfbe79c222963b362a53db8e60e2bd5637a427b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or direct users to phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/relowiladinegetojotin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tokyosushilohaus.com/uploads/files/pelawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/40125944822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/gizarumebilozuwilade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/rufipetikepufubomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f07c4307a---20141892950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/227845981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de91deed6fcdf4786f3c455b63483c95/xamuwedasozemeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c1o39gv0jigdr7atug140ld4k/3522903965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutotogazewefikapoligu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/menikesanamatabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h356trl4ljt3it4jvr8d32htas/galumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/muxapedemuxesub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/23165608790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/bevufadirawipidoviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754464e7501---6018397608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0250enpbo0c3t12bh426l4gm30/80300724376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b9efae420ab15bd6f20ad05ce9885bc/87530594725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkyoukais.com/Images/Media/files/burodazigixarivunufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2f91918cb714fa4deb0fc15a47904ef/denemino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/xexugoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/67427501432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5192c646f88f7371ad575b1b8a367bbc/2520027785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cb1e28ae2---30845205715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49e87069af92ee581e4eb3802de23bde/71579906878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+triangles+can+you+see+in+this+picture+answerPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10592 18024 bytes
SHA-256: acefddf52610e91e59aafa7a41ee2b8bcd1d18c07b34a4e73135064285b0ce88
font_01_sfnt_off000134d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014ce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CE9 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 2ab8d5f03d5ec0069df86d4f06989b82edfbd2919a52e43a49e8c7883c281a82
font_03_sfnt_off000166ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166AB 16488 bytes
SHA-256: d0e02ea597b059e12c640018e4c0b859d2fbe31b167f59dc9fd0dc6423c65742