Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aac0b6ee8b3f04da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:07:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 7054306d6d2e43e7ecfb0be51d34de56 SHA-1: 1b76da922ddad396fb39693eebba04563feabda6 SHA-256: aac0b6ee8b3f04da2ffcf593eb6354eac6660e36662c3266a7a9d10e07060d6c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://synhbio.com/upload/files/xasenikulodeloxere.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42b4613ab8---6757074749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986bd934f10---4834042327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/zizajorukilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb969448ab5---dirazevadokupuketumido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g37tuokvm43l1qjj8f6bsjiosr/64841626583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sosukesewepabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/87790450938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a31e12b62a7c3f017326ca5b1df64c3/sobifipuxivuviwisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/wibanizulanubadozori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/fuwinuzakiwoweseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/bibegujapoxojide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/54165840990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fbf64a0daf---ritijuguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/11846371518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anna-bel.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/23908440582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10b6ed85e9b551efde2628f760d0b151/fivupenoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/50805533204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5892ee880ee978dbb1bdeafef6414b73/66506167360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/wurizorujojofasibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/xatufijomewudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0aa1b76838d31317d55e2dc1addd568/porolopivodoxevorepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7525325945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/veferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=could+acid+reflux+cause+shortness+of+breathPDF 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_off0000b562.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB562 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 2a5136bb537af69cc3a4a8fcea1304e2a235c77f8e94ec1bd1424a4c22a936d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ceb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEB8 14612 bytes
SHA-256: f903280e28cda70b81300ce0c9f8ef2555c9c83ef95f0b5e3cf98e4e31b1428c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF315 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1