Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aba3ff78c391336f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:29:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 99fae5a5057c4b116dcf016e488aaa28 SHA-1: e1c340f6955eed86771b467d39d16ccae721ee93 SHA-256: aba3ff78c391336ffaeffdbf88cb733f688efaca341d4d254d562ed01ef57a63
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites. The presence of QR code and callback lures further suggests social engineering tactics to manipulate users into interacting with malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97178003102.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bctlorraine.org/userfiles/file/tiwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvao3tqv9m6b4fpo26hntd97su/xozimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morudozokunizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86874768119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0017db13cd68bf5d4935e2aa5ccbae9/47913854411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eskuvotoszkanaban.hu/editor_up/danedobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukientubepxinh.info/gomsu/sanpham/anh/files/40360045856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/rugazidiradumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnmetalworks.com/images/files/dowusitikovituropuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitperu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10749576142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/22770690875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuwavujofeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virker-ikke.dk/files/jisoxosiger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53954fc8cecfd1fe4ca1eac846e5b94d/1495938631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/dofupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/lixuvukirolumoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/dosiwofokoxekenilatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92303990204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investir-petroleo.pt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tujigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/dumifejosetukubuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28914912090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermea.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90774353230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haciogullari.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/bogekufaturekanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+sim+card+contacts+on+androidPDF 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_off0000dcb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C9 17564 bytes
SHA-256: 53ec7b88c0700fd114f907d9dee6dcb62cdf2a05063138ca770e4a6badfc01ae
font_02_sfnt_off000121d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D5 10744 bytes
SHA-256: a085e87174a1e495fa790f4641585b284f5a8e58a03b83d771d49aeb4e8d64dc