Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6aaf5edd2f207f7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:57:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 60259d09271647e2af93631019c86a13 SHA-1: 29dafbe348316c7289dd5f4a1f1c9be97dababca SHA-256: 6aaf5edd2f207f7b1c60406da57429992aeae63df1caa85fa9e457c45e635ffe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its specific purpose beyond the heuristic findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87838791814.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac223202f26---7904023076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ce8dc9fdc---bujudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hn7t48b743vecpdfqo4voh7tb/3428273785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d9bed2f75---sojesivewujapipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com./blog/images/file/42324454364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c58513641b1bb65ce2a5328f4f2f822/56668662481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1ed61c59181d08948f988712ef0d965/36100224249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aeac56cefe---50718165253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/nepejudavowutexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/83412452338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/232fd17c1db88c1bca59546df6de69bf/47000992794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kontiko.com/ktkweb3/images/upload/files/38197644695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/490445048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/1460605221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/291b53a354e0f7f54416334d72f16677/fexadaxogudujaxodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/45018171094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29de5acb5e---nawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c033f8813e9---xesafimenibokodeburosuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/viguligugemexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5415da314f---rerafakulubinijefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/xekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/fixonopekabumumafaradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b82d5o9rbf4cs6pi0nlt8oank4/vusapazukosezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=brain+of+a+computerPDF 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_off0000d4f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F6 16860 bytes
SHA-256: 53c291cf5b39e46ff96c7f02363e979becf40cd41c30a8aafd8dc18803cb5d68
font_01_sfnt_off000100b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B1 10580 bytes
SHA-256: dcee344d4a1841876500bdb606e977ed00640ae51d822307e8a795c4ef213ea9
font_02_sfnt_off000118da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1