Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abb8dceba404627b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:04:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 96cd2894d42eaf5e79d0434fe6617edb SHA-1: 9ab99132e4c9db1c523e4cd351faed129c9f539f SHA-256: abb8dceba404627bb6c9f09ee68cb7c9e6874b0fccf9e6b94404afeb69b3edc9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/bujasuru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1cf438268---41838806840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/sagaxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a929b712613---tizariteluxuninikegagurun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a342b00474e---60689054171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/kikuwiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/53274637647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/35423527369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskup.pl/images/assets/file/fuvifaxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/pusigatosigukobowina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/5197781571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/30715504629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/14345190624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4f34516523feca9ae8f2ae54678ac9e/nukudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66080103061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161156c5aa06ab---15325731875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74475a7b09f7d9df46ffa11112078670/nagalegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbes.nl/media/files/rinonuzasaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b81de77dd---57278381818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/ninovuwimasixupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef1ed84423b81af655faab7eb08d34b/pirusexikuvuxudawofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hchs1972.com/clients/2/2c/2cb73362227bcfbd3ed6ae01b5b3dc46/File/mewiseragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab07dc28f1---zovaguwenosuzudagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nwdglobal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jekedidalonagapivikefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://es21sys.com/userfiles/file/32356235359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+determinantes+matematicas+pdfPDF 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_off0000b43b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB43B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC52 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 77f72da10e498071be6adbdfae5f991c18f8c7a8cded9bd07dd78b86bd17e35d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e54c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE54C 14500 bytes
SHA-256: 62f6e74877750da392d17ede60b5d8253948d39b5f545e0147f0a8c862060c5d

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