Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aaffcb0d3a2c197…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:23:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5b406da31085c0533228f3a1594d5934 SHA-1: ecb2af2dbed07e0343524da36cb0f61ab162d450 SHA-256: 8aaffcb0d3a2c1971db1c4ef26936718035dee46af90ecf1c0e0b384ac499510
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on disposable domains, a common tactic for distributing malware or conducting phishing campaigns. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content.

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 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+download+free+for+mobile PDF link annotation
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/95782348060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otestmanager.org/club/data/userfiles/file/20210908143542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d2a20b6f1---nitinapapagolajawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/kapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/10359180459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lbk-ingatlan.hu/uploads/file/dediro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/66127960795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/rokexile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c718c0ebd16f81ba89ac8a0fb3d17cdd/57829465388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/fojerixexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c4f78f57c---sakasazonixojokafixuwenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/voneribarowejamirakala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.phpascal.com/userfiles/files/waxopaledajakazepobipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/60907576155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/userfiles/fichiers/53610807382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/vemikidejikuvelilekapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festacreativita.org/userfiles/file/sisigadewonoveboviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://molenat-energies.fr/molenat.com/images/editor/file/doxizironep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/48549972020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-jtech.com/userData/board/file/11617093333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/99671452411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aznamaste.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/padevamewubedevezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35957007568.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://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_off0000ed01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10513 18424 bytes
SHA-256: 1a67c9d0e036c1bcd6010045c8670399192b921946b1dfde2ccae68f125f01a2
font_02_sfnt_off000134b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B4 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 732cf7a03fc27243d338c611fbc3334e6dc40c5b5a1fd8e3d2f3944950e76c27