Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aafae2eaca74550…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:59:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 39704a10ef049e4d8926404fb3ffc75e SHA-1: 3312d01a08ebe579bf1ea94c43a5d77187f5d946 SHA-256: 8aafae2eaca74550fa6b4bd56c9cc9453fa901dc6629410be728449f77d91cdb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' indicates the document may be image-based with a hidden clickable action, further supporting a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://hhs63.org/clients/8/88/88ec95b665b56da82b1de85f097fba10/File/29568140794.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/taxiniberowafimitixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5a7aa7146---xifufuwinit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sethhukumchandschool.com/userfiles/file/ruxapimijabazufexiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/15256294280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/pilirulofimapejadawetakik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aifamilyreunion.com/clients/59202/File/91641831351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/soditomebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988212f38cb---zafiperiwebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/pobukejujifede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083946c5d7cf---vikitomavewebavisixoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb4ceb2cefe---71314427078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9596d22f3e---wunufenija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b623a8a6162824a13851ee45862081f/62613892765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shcjr8hijaboil62spccie20t3/marodirepapejavuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytaylormadefamilyusa.com/clients/864113/File/82197485752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78910950052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/goveridamipaxega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rarulanebiduneroxanaduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.com/userfiles/file/33506476854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/gogepokekogixivutonota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/peliwitasipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/21222272261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0f1509391---lomenetanomofuput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f41d3d0190---vefipaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sathyaprakash+mathematical+physics+pdfPDF 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_off0000b439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB439 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 3a21d5a42a88ae6780a5ab6d093b85639d0a4b71f454a4ff26645e60f16888bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD9C 14224 bytes
SHA-256: e862d460e96bd2d13a5f7e119d0ab8e577c85736dc28a2cc4d4ab0459b5e2d75
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1