Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aaf065241ae80517…

MALICIOUS

PDF

142.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:55:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1d093d3d955a3c750db4be5e814e5bf3 SHA-1: 62d908262dede26430d36b53e857bef38062d8a9 SHA-256: aaf065241ae80517f9c06134481969392b8d1896bab509eb8fd9600c601ac290
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of JavaScript points to T1059.007 as a likely execution technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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.
  • 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://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d4aa6f421---jodub.pdf
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/fevixutudovofep.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbev0bhje.xn--p1ai/images/news/file/rozetarovirenigawun.pdf
    • http://drzwiukryte.pl/userfiles/file/sosininibudu.pdf
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/2829216689.pdf
    • https://momsgardenfoods.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gomogexozowisivinajifuse.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u31jmnd4ncrg67bk2tb87992fl/5871020752.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i41jtiqst2r6agso0e8dl9d0mp/petezixomadenaruvexirufuf.pdf
    • http://nppgursaraijhansi.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joribuxebuguforixoxabi.pdf
    • https://kiptep.ru/file/97267911569.pdf
    • https://rosanaalvarracin.com/userfiles/file/41210775987.pdf
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/jarike.pdf
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/lapinem.pdf
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87342439758.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa3963d04e3f6760da332555f9f4cfb/13127080581.pdf
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ad6152bc4f---nizaropasapafinomoxezebi.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148b54705c8f---rajegajezegufo.pdf
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/kifigibazajuromonis.pdf
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/67276059519.pdf
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202109/files/20210915215054103318.pdf
    • http://techmechengineers.com/uploads/ramumuwe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=words+that+start+with+em
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001b0f6.bin
04eb696936ca4d68e9e7c16b59de375b0b09dec0f4a6c135d711a8a71508eec3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B0F6 10444 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001c8b9.bin
4204f4a647e3e8488fc3125e36d68471fcc515b787f7ef36a685bb1e406e82a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C8B9 16104 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001de00.bin
27b3a02d39f1f7c72bc96a335e58e3c3dd8178283b944fd9993d8b3a7b6f87d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DE00 21696 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00021519.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21519 16792 bytes