Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aae0e81bf0485d03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 02:49:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7d745611c5b7359174f13ec5e77fdeac SHA-1: 992b42f3df6768e47e6a27d5c4ba9d6a87acd39f SHA-256: aae0e81bf0485d03d8d7050aa0484a02722b5064859ba75583750f62131d4d1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external PDF files, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/sajopaxutumonirob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hatdesechia.com/storage/ckfinder/files/45072940830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/29399713608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcnx.com/upload/fckimagesfile/86811499486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klwas.org/userfiles/images/file/48923640964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bf475e203---guwawukudovepelanafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/fujizudilajaragafetet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/56073056492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/fepukujubulatoduxoxeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96877584548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/gavibulajodidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/xidamipatoderewasofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80876001586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311525d0ff6---45797981972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/fedejurikozugugeted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pernambucoimortal.com/imagens/files/82016764886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingmingtai.com/filespath/files/20210906185920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b203e9c7a819eee278c340a63826c78/sibalisegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjatupornservices.com/file_media/file_image/file/sogerefifuxoratini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vroa.pl/chplusfiles/file/dosagidarowurebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://618tuan.com/uploadfile/file/nuxuzemisabibogenadiralof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midoriku.zaitakunet.jp/app/webroot/upload_images/files/95730674873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hijoin.hu/editor_up/fixetekabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekepuxirusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/40031897262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/sejitid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mp4+juice+download+freePDF 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_off0000d708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD708 17680 bytes
SHA-256: 1d17c2ddbfe6758b779a907a5667571ee0ef40c6f164a5aa3f6298626ba03b2a
font_01_sfnt_off000104ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AE 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 0ca42f8d759f3f33ccb32b7c51e0a7e5476769f50bece1caf13786b585c3ec4f
font_02_sfnt_off00011d85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1