Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aeaf90d0fe36db6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:10:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 253aa4c299498af3670d803a4cc4ca65 SHA-1: e992743e8eedc813e913a90d3ba57844f04b27e3 SHA-256: 2aeaf90d0fe36db6ce0c43ed2237afad5e52a3b6b07e68e948bf4b8db0d5e9ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest the document is intended to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+phrases+for+writing+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/84013485152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833c2297008---4260496987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/76119364157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1896ee5de---dakepupevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aebcd563cf3---6950506714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nobntk45st3fbm3kfltuh0ua8/98365974299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimulivipilaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1629524594/files/78140193255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gjbbang.com/userData/board/file/vugokekemejokogogudewozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4dc15f13d1dd26881b2055adec4468f/mibuvisedademozizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ff1e9ec48d2fdffc213bffee1bd919/tisetakalopifavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/posazupaxipatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siphonicflowmandiri.com/upload/files/nugumebudasawiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/tavapeguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/6043508044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/zanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efc7bef835---powez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulijeditoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezexufawedoxagurenagoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/furubipawipozopazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bba9adc29---likasokufora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uo51f5l5nfnf3togs4iuq0brk8/24351840236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///fefoxukunesikajejoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be5ca35ba7a9129955b1d522782e95de/58649564599.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_off0000f518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF518 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2F 10848 bytes
SHA-256: e591291c97e7eb0adad50501ccef64df271eba0350f67a3910da541dd96d1ef4
font_02_sfnt_off000125fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125FD 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 909e5e7584c6dad26cf0d5bfb5b2efd744882f156d3404875ce44a35d17d8b4d