Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab7a51ab0eb6d583…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 19:13:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 91613a48a846352cfdf349423a02e6ba SHA-1: ee8929f24d4f78bee11037818f43fd51599cbf0e SHA-256: ab7a51ab0eb6d583984e002218df89416d2e2358b2a2cedf70b0ae21a37cb93b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users into downloading further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a more detailed analysis of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/tilifajarizubikewelunesok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5dd7a6d2eaef6d734fb69eb5ca70854/mobavudimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bdca6c83d---vafogedipabolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/likesegurafenipaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7eaf122ccf48acba6064272bd7bcd1b/25850643031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbaeihgganggf9ajkncugh2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/22684629218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/napobonalunawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41349374322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57796eaf3a57e0c5a0ef66fd072d1c3/vemanupuwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/letikabolilebedegate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/pasaluzekeximimiguwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cca76b999---metilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/geduzigobowet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zepawulogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/zegopatodun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608069d808d69---tetivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c60f2df3e9dfc35ac44b1735b2432f2a/61521835715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd77daf091---40623490643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dd87adbc3ea57eeb71b3e64c94e33c/widuturikobawoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c864256476f---koluge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607745b196a75---dukifunos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/1861203335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/71389429889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/395c05ac37034ccb6b7beda387142be3/ralotepasebemoduluxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e280ece8079---pufubileruketadajipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a52c4b9c0---23685401372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a44c14108b365998757f999061dbffe/wepasajutavorevaduma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hallelujah+christmas+leonard+cohen+sheet+musicPDF 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://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_off0000d438.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD438 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 5d1e00ada4ea4b45c190ade942807af6612653de82ea6866db1bf0ae5c573367
font_01_sfnt_off00010138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10138 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001194f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194F 10856 bytes
SHA-256: f1f39927e09d085d8deb754c6709ca50b116c94f703a5bb43ca7eb1d2e6352cf