Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aab832c8322c028d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:18:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b96084a8c8f1fd97ce575c0232934d95 SHA-1: 7bdf9f35daf13d4a269e8e98013d63150329b79c SHA-256: aab832c8322c028d9dab9ab9991fb8e15c9dbea4c31857346ef3dc1b9175526e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+pdf+editor+mac+os
    • http://bordahusfeldolgozo.hu/editor_up/modupitaneginimoguje.pdf
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad91f55e5e4---44040561033.pdf
    • http://state-lithium.com/upload/files/fokot.pdf
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073906f596c9---52424934450.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611de872a46f7---22757895913.pdf
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/devevinogudinazopibup.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dc5994212---68214893553.pdf
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/tusozabowilopifewedebonag.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116339396ed6---wobebenesaved.pdf
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/lutokojol.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606ca06488c4e---49460440170.pdf
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/17162182708.pdf
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wonitizukowepijaz.pdf
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/sulavevo.pdf
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/jofozumopobaboxozuxuv.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1da15439e8b9d7fffea84bcd93bea05d/givurijuzoruvis.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e82c0b46c5a---62065209997.pdf
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51823998235.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m48reo08clau7hacok54vo7qf3/nulavofutafaz.pdf
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/27537466304.pdf
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/ferabekuke.pdf
    • http://life-homeshop.com/asset/uploads/files/wukakubi.pdf
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/70593128566.pdf
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34c9fb0d2d88b0c9d84769dcd318354e/wuxasasanededalasomeg.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bbdaf1e639---nefamepejaxavul.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3d7.bin
29f5f842307c513220dc483d3fac7c8b3feadab0fb635c7714d8786a9d1bb12a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D7 10684 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c67.bin
542fbc47aac8a1f370f8f61e4d7b72196d0d0e0429921e14123cd15c99cd7701
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C67 18536 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c43.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C43 16792 bytes