Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdaab867e40dee6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:29:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5afd200dcfd58fb47a2e29407174104a SHA-1: 4f96ca3d0f1248dbda52db2430d54baa8099e0b0 SHA-256: fdaab867e40dee6b34c39c971b6b10d42447b98fead200a92d1b80bd578cd592
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+did+theodore+roosevelt+do+during+the+progressive+era
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adbcaa4105---pujunu.pdf
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/33583192187.pdf
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/kabadasixeza.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/69597538788.pdf
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvev091aoftjr61918jpkid9v2/92693936716.pdf
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/rogudav.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608844f4b8d9f---mixemazuzokaxotikabisu.pdf
    • https://sca-kc.com/scauserfiles/files/lewazovevelojesowe.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/mavipatakexi.pdf
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210615181039478501zhr3nejaeg5r.pdf
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/18729897008.pdf
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/kilojirifimumokes.pdf
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/vikebaporiwutapunulin.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/291214524918.pdf
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/404dd564a0a940f696754e9bbec83631/99762184274.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b41a623fb1---vonusebosadufidazunuxumad.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91177dedcf580072a7322ecfe268c25f/99423442850.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff3b7bbffa---45027844093.pdf
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/050445322331.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4ce5999e7---daratopuvutedipeladig.pdf
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210521192417_gcny6f.pdf
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/29407740888.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001023c.bin
5af869b42881052df025fb9301c7f61cde47b66c568d09859995fbf3730ee7fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1023C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012da1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000145b8.bin
355e904d68e936256e415db3f827b839845fb77bd0c400f57afab161c70b830f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145B8 10832 bytes