Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa95c093b3a9e271…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 20:38:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1f76e1effed91e72ac1f03110ff1d6e3 SHA-1: 225515fd1468f6e055974abbf646f17cb6adfcba SHA-256: aa95c093b3a9e271d0de9850361b2ac1908980220c5982cfa546cf091dc77e32
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external files, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document's content is designed to mimic an invoice or payment request, further supporting a phishing attack pattern. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score point towards malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9797

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210628_88B6EE0447CC2937.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c76c8c2b2---69908941713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/zijafaturojepimirupewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b988c428e2e---54354909360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8da585f32---runuxinakikono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/080a7cee69e19fee92783d34bd8c3b78/28978601954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e397d3cd0f1f55c77955afda18b4adeb/tobamofatotuwofejopijavun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0fbde7b61---rifixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fda377daa8dfadc5724b0b64fe019f9c/36330887655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rbqi23srg6eg5pkl7p2q1vph7/53627832162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78af3e5966fac99e55bfe2e5f353926b/61004966970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f83af54a43dfaec1b19d71ffeda03562/liwoxipaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4df8a68c3d---5240152184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefakiwijalukekerogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1056f2a1434b04d5999d32da414707f0/gunujomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71c6e8de6851d90fc7d50d30f1500e36/jisusirezoxuriferunovinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/72155321727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608328a9b5317---goxaxexesekurowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c4ff6f691---divubuvotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/pakaduvasefupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b6650f00a7fc05e94780ba85b0496e/mokunuwekamagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7bdd04142cb2bb81792cd13492311a5/gixusunalimelenusupujixap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkea0h0s250q2r51l3cnktkcl0/30649439149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa5c0ea086---42920493153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbfd2d7638---kogupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc73b0c0490---30966158204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+9+cost+of+capital+solutions+gitman+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_off000143ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C05 11364 bytes
SHA-256: c0cea98191741666e624310f273aa782768159ab0170b11dacf268b244eb8869
font_02_sfnt_off00017666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17666 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 5fdf318c0d9d2b345d8d4335eeb8ad29f684a0407810b73036fe80dc58389c5a