Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aba9dff7aadc41a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 16:56:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d92705847dd98b6dcd1af199ee1a5df3 SHA-1: 7317ae68afbdd773b958272ef2b88450c9af1586 SHA-256: aba9dff7aadc41a0a5b06c126486db765aef98e095fdfad75b58981fb3890521
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it's an image-only lure designed to trick users. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used to redirect victims. The primary URL, 'https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=contract+extension+acceptance+letter', is likely part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=contract+extension+acceptance+letter PDF link annotation
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/sokajefovefapovaroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanprodukt.cz/UserFiles/File/vodeliwefosifuwabozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e21187a23---57885572264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennett-legal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kubakoralasivuberumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/sigojevafizusugipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/81581551106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/userfiles/file/45611500103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrasvilla.es/uploads/files/99431725779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawuvivagogewafewove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32025846799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/29193051131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/binoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/26582331399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136925f1d53f---98215445661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f32b41d935---rerojozubigufisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b52091c65d3411ff183cd662681f3da/peduniwutugan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocminhcnc.com/demo_thietbimay_24_7/upload/files/kefavafitamumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408b689b502---suxemixobulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/38516259363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents/files/sefemofudobupetujaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/98970693575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/suwavoxifejikofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/26091966273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b1fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1FD 13848 bytes
SHA-256: a1b63ae80b7249c9367827b82b030e7a91b5b644f76dc2049177a664b5dfc0aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0A 10500 bytes
SHA-256: b21b25fa20c3096c139411bd4c606a2802bce95f7206e884a2129ba6654b2c39