Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa97dbc05b47a17e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 15:43:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: f88a696d511d6800908a7fb02c9cac21 SHA-1: a1a83236e584725ba6586226f0775b2b3b032815 SHA-256: aa97dbc05b47a17e916addff3cd06e55db2a388031bccc04a64d422c9aca1d13
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is intended to deceive users into downloading or interacting with malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmh1hnndp7anehjo76d2i1ser2/93168927175.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d32bec70d15---tosel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c73843491e---71738531363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52c67c56320a589db6e04cf1b2b85b60/91123383965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/42067619463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/14783832696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/36768880202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021051520333473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089561caf8d9---44416662946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/puzodezatipenaxepirevit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sk31coa0te74jocus59i6itksd/pikometepuvuwapafamewexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856ef0eaf22---pikukudewuzifarefipuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a964ecdf97f---fawufenezebupifafawidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hane8v5qldvmf670rs4b014muj/valukulifawodulari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c354e337583---9098543286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6256514496---pakibiwutobivok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d4d033bda---vomogirezuxumadarulelimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608317b922995---50532562117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086636ee96be---jodaledit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ce942df92---xewuwuxoxulutabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/826i4t97a6t0h3elk7fnk6uqc2/vovawof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ffa3d4559c265fa9dc9e0dce9c9d13/luzojivuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f89f235a43aaa4661aafe6025dcc6dd6/93321941215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+wages+under+payment+of+wages+act+1936PDF 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_off00018bab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18BAB 11780 bytes
SHA-256: ea2886b2ef3e8092535797dd1d93fb54f89354b91a66ba9588eda12c24d29e7b
font_01_sfnt_off0001a7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A7BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001bfce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BFCE 16272 bytes
SHA-256: e7ec6e7edad9530f6145cf05e9f46c29cb5bd07b2fe1aae32aae22b32243d9cc