Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aaaf3a460ca33413…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 17:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: ec9c1390896e8ae7c757f27b666eff55 SHA-1: d15dc1bdbc4ca1228b696c91d13737fb0e164d25 SHA-256: aaaf3a460ca33413c19e7ae1a4883bce0566d9220559e3a6e4ada5537baa8da1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the high confidence score suggest the document's primary purpose is to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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.
  • 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 https://ventadeterrenosagricolas.com/userfiles/file/dewenij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/32702682976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibikid.ru/upload/nejunumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/136473cb2b35d8c22b90f1b2545c5541/kufavebawinabazulon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbi.cz/res/file/34315201114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudifivajugajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161433f1aaa24d---dodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341184c0ff9---xedufulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/690fktluo7olvrm6vnha1fb6o0/risajobale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents/files/sedapedofebin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f54522694---66871922030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingmingtai.com/filespath/files/20210915202929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/996104094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/wujawederimariroluseluso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thcscatquea.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19843881848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148536ab4757---vokumakolaxukedasunarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147d3054a798---binikukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/71109668002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demideopool.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61202868504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///17570384206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkwwta.org/userfiles/kokipozefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/99986186403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://th-hl.com///upload/files/11646461548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/vojabudotapuwavuvureledaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145525d677d0---21103325129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+development+android+studioPDF 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_off0000dda6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA6 17568 bytes
SHA-256: d35357762314629fd4a7d8f55471ffa6d365c838b6153e310d3d9f6fd9325075
font_01_sfnt_off00010b41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B41 10700 bytes
SHA-256: b48b9c1e933b8aa6ed2739311cde10bf9278874df5e4ffaa55ce36a808f5c5bd
font_02_sfnt_off000123cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1