Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aad09fb2c1c5979d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 16:47:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c62a0ad3ec2defa46d8d8a8c57a84c48 SHA-1: 6ecf40f95465b4be38c04e8d308bb5164faf579c SHA-256: aad09fb2c1c5979db842e89375b7d800de92111ff819169eeb0c931b6e961e28
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs extracted from the document point to various domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of numerous links and the nature of the hosting domains strongly indicate an attempt to lure users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavujugoxapuworupi.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc5bfa04b235d6d7db5fc27af2ca569a/73439097781.pdf
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/jivimol.pdf
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/biratuserademinigizokubep.pdf
    • https://thinkhigh-tech.com/d/files/tilovezojuwexibesobopi.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a989a0a279bbbc0c22068fe59358aac0/10078080649.pdf
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/10008773941.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eeb117be68189db2b719582baef9aa1/wegubilidosekalegowipuku.pdf
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/rukibofepomewatetomuxotuf.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4eec575101---64645809602.pdf
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236eecee0526b1f94ce25f3cfba5dc24/muwitebubaxux.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a293247aea7e8a9af04425e0f145118f/rotaverinutebujufulu.pdf
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/kamusokukopedulojujaba.pdf
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/mepojolevevaxukafatak.pdf
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/9257652723.pdf
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/jubuf.pdf
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/losudibikejitop.pdf
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/721d2cbd234553a06d608fbb54388ccd/24970323824.pdf
    • http://ninda.vn/userfiles/files/38736710687.pdf
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/80787292410.pdf
    • http://thamdinhgiadaiquang.com/img/files/ferejigumesijeti.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=write+an+equation+of+the+line+that+passes+through
    • 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_off0000f061.bin
4f6f23835cc0d87e72fdd31e68543110c0a89fb237e7fbf0abd44051cbee57d8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF061 17092 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011d5c.bin
447257cc33e9b0238a63ef45567c47d9394330ad6106daf62b838c59965c93f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5C 10876 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001361e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1361E 16792 bytes