Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aab52070042c541b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:18:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9b5ea8be26f9a600670f42f843da033c SHA-1: b4420e156095e6dcf910a5d804113ffb068c580d SHA-256: aab52070042c541b711c5439f6acde2b603a1d886735f716560255717b827379
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically identifies this pattern, suggesting the document is designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d42755301d9f5766c24621ddbcec955/93141080854.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sapaethnic.com/webroot/img/files/mopiwulizojimaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vakubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ade6054cf1bdc3a02d4fc461bfa9da0/69063054048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com./blog/images/file/51997725505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-8/20210808115614646953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/bikogogovokuwerele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/lisaxiguzupogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c530558d2---dulasojopifuwoziweduzofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/52729212933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/babobixumisoweliputar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/68457924234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidiwuvonodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mulilaxarubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecf85fbebff8a3affafbacb76c0515e5/lezizufupiviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/numudiketilonurevunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ecd7ee62c---12760023814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/nokifusazogowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f17903596389c3af6482abfdc5441c33/zixito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/knd8qngqmmugvq4naomp9dr9l7/fujusumewinekofoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce614a6965ab1a55f045eb5a06915a29/lopelukuremadimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purel-biopharm.com/upload/files/23535333695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e174ad3edc---88741412919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didululepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=history+and+culture+of+pakistan+skills+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000e8f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F8 18396 bytes
SHA-256: 6ce089bd342be919ae707d14104b66e79492d1f062b630d91fa7a18d417f335e
font_01_sfnt_off00011864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11864 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 649b2d41a5a6db696a9ec33ef4fc4e98ac06cf67121f05a3929aae483c63ad56
font_02_sfnt_off0001320f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1320F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1