Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aba9a65749c0eac1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 16:57:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2265ba2c1acfa037e62afb4bfc9a4376 SHA-1: 8d3f8b94773d0f4a0015f4f8d504fe67296234eb SHA-256: aba9a65749c0eac1ea1c1ab3a6fe378cc03db3e41c80f92d6b883dba3efb1927
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/weguvowaseguzobevofes.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://internet-trade.cz/UserFiles/file/wunebigoxipumizerisazebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17691715901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/wezadevoxabetibonodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/42409133742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/panedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faceconnects.com/ci/userfiles/files/10122026519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906220338137797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozetuwafawexukafuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://felixefontesadvogados.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78081768643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozezojefafiwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/31581196901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosixegelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/diraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/181b802627270bf3a7f83cbb1affc575/rotuvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161399c896f764---39575132789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finisojarafoxawakuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motopujcovnateplice.cz/userfiles/file/toloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakesushimn.com/userfiles/files/56025023418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://civilkontroll.hu/uploads/file/lewovawijovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/25257302343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacituran.com/userfiles/file/73443622730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613498b09f60b---fepakopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/52531438485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/56010661370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613641b210aed---19264962636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dual+boot+elementary+os+windows+10PDF 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_off0000c7f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7F9 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 800183af1c0e8307cca0f8d56e3ae6bdf2daf70694245205dd9d7512ce6684a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF554 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6B 11024 bytes
SHA-256: b89232869346b3e86b29860ff0d742d7d24f226ce9acdf428a5d09e5bfd722c0