Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aeb569fc8c16109…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-23 06:42:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 66d10784eeded8d6ced0f69d0fbfcb3c SHA-1: b27f94134e12636b30c9d2f5b1ec8dc62fcf44ef SHA-256: 7aeb569fc8c161099a5a1b9a4c2a3a4d60babaa163cb1041127aac942476f1a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://krzysztofmalec.pl/gfx/fck/file/tovirikilerufopufeja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74f7b91c9d---gijapizarorigapazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/lutijomuvivulovok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0d5cb4a99---gasudekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c455efa6b8a0b19e30cd571dd4def22/34254159472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/10086535152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8600d6086---dolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/gorijeleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f30e18edc9---xolizedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/ligusanapudilifusapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b10b28ef074e7782d29467cbf1b36e/redipikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0dr0u9k75m8t99demaui2195d/97090118384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc4222344c---59582074517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/guxixufolanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/51405704107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83943554141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/votujiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/71512334962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/91633172425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842b63c908a---zafinugipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/xulibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab3ffcacec---18653903266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=health+related+task+2PDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93a02b5b3bd40faf747248cb5e57127d/kereselat.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_off0000f567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF567 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 4340ea99e94a6b1485f8d4bb93f9be298b4592341e5fab3cc1c84fada82d8865
font_01_sfnt_off00010c95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A7 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 9c5b348592a0f4518723158092ed31c5c3c69c76dba0e27761dfbe4293341a75