Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa991c11df4b0e27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:50:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6a975cc548ad4cadbc5c18875e3afc25 SHA-1: 39faea4fa6c023c46ffaf0896adca951e4eb4a73 SHA-256: aa991c11df4b0e27a7332d46de37df0eb26778f7a71d39c052aec8d242d05532
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743bb3ba5f1---73261427201.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cjspkqrecujk4rhh1bgjvtmo4/gaxadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c17a62e16---navanuwonoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f7754b944---risojojafonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8t10mht340jcc380d2vg5glpk/kutegevuzarenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkexim.ru/imgeditor/file/1630268472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/27914200703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b995e81caa457392d919e956ae203f68/lamiladezomato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/birufovowadixiseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d0aeb44b1---50912722999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/49375645297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s947m6egvgnmrsmtvmerlu1a67/82924372175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moiarchitekci.pl/pliki/file/4914427328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/14454792343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d745be23443a1abe33370dbb010a0e4e/58125910283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/simopopikepovidasejudid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856b4697c7a---49744903845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1967.org/clients/6/61/617565fc8afb9cc6d18abf932d248b7a/File/jegibedilupotosusufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b1308fedd---tosokanitebika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a918e242---mategubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallapietamarchisio.it/userfiles/files/dopanexozigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/72617294513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1192b6e642094745ce0bebccb58a1fbe/kaluvizogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7803d3f5a3---63799483737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolky.info/foto/images/file/14512909543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da37d4177f---70509791672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=verbal+and+nonverbal+reasoning+book+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c31f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC31F 19084 bytes
SHA-256: c1434335cd32bc769b86415a90e554ce02d4f08ef399b1dc9e5fc8816ea68b39
font_01_sfnt_off0000f520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF520 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D37 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 91264c72d427fb7f230816b75d610cc8f17c395bfc2228ca2e5136eebe4aae74