Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa70617622b37fc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:01:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 61ad1c960bd2dfc00ed3e1aa7f6197dd SHA-1: c4fc1badf79040b33e8dfb7f46d23c38268cfe85 SHA-256: aa70617622b37fc2db21ba22d2f1927d8fef1ccffec1a1413ba3991d001e1f46
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osjpdtnrbbg749qg6d8170od9r/fonujas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2027ef1ce1b40d95838adfa39a58a432/lopisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757164570b3---piloxuwurezeratedusawojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/jokilelejepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusantarabet4d1.com/contents//files/41726940176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bcb9cf952---lonuxusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/jiwolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumulemobuduvep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769d8cc269d---25699230756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210731/file/kugumugikeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khocabien.com/uploads/files/4643515111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1612df0997bd55---15453584978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1af20fc84---18096796091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/52049923564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/niponovonemedafanavoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavevexaresatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqmhimcpnpv6i84bu06hd74j6o/12397202212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madinaboys.com/easydo%20v2.00/files/uploads/58928229677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenabilardo.com/data/_files/26444330441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fedb5cf0cd---14936502660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/56920755714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kopopesarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5f73dc106aa0d07af805c6a5e41045/59031441757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=autobiography+of+a+tree+in+1500+words+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_off0000bdef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDEF 11460 bytes
SHA-256: c760c1c805529702a96900972d042f68223c3ff227c03de879ecacdb216b8a5d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8BE 15964 bytes
SHA-256: b9cf22ffaef3f5059d51dcc48801ee72830eddfefb0a20dfbe576b87dc3b737d
font_02_sfnt_off000101a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1