Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4aafc5f79c909b25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:51:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3a338e0e6db209440c8caaadfc8892a5 SHA-1: deeefe674dba2cbd0e3e40341a7d31f129db008e SHA-256: 4aafc5f79c909b25809b87fb78b1baf69c594b05dea135e3faaf67598218c417
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to distribute malware, with one specific URL pointing to a PDF hosted on a suspicious domain. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=astra+theme+pro+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96015991054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/54509531968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/bodidatataribotewusanali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahijau.com/contents//files/kifazuzuwipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5d1752ca2---55267879404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c8a36af68---vinujimabivoledixava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6b7f60p1v18kcqtff1mvnli23/jofugelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///rorogarapadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7693af470e361fc572289217dec9e11d/nixexibelivosupabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/28738637389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2vnps864rn2v5n383doj31g6k/86065992299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/345808fa3cd7920b8ff75bfcacbc33c8/56069928998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/25240472409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/rasenekewojaxanibujire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamamigokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/folubawojujetodizedik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810484b1dd7---gafedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/dibonepojavuroruxisunig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47437877400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/borowufironu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ktgroup.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77339931187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52b897694a4de06f1b57381157a61000/fupawomukivenirinum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/kuberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uipsfubc0ajv9vthv16mbr4uaq/wonigaji.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_off0000d00f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD00F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE826 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 93ab15dc03c0f0bd23ce1ee251a60c9cd0c951cbaf1f5ddc633337f5bfcfc96a
font_02_sfnt_off000100bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100BD 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 1f3aaa5a8f799e3452e97e6edd562227f86df1294b73371a67caadae6b31d251