Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aaf485a624bc262f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:12:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 805e4a51803ad967bca5c8c7c8c5086b SHA-1: 920c35dc7e029d057f60f6a8c74978a2597196e2 SHA-256: aaf485a624bc262fcac712f75131660b699bbfa7fbb578fb6c89aef9db4f00e1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS classification strongly indicates malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment, pointing towards a phishing or trojan distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 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://leifs-auto.dk/images/file/vorotujoganu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/1250784522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46977c27a6cf030df39fc656ead57556/94888075091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/87528340221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fe245506dd49c13aa959ba87d09e632/fodimugevuweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xilapitovejomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612982da5b2bf---didemimasimanifemilule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7svhudlb1gioaor9tp4dtok43/96559889726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7031bd91bba4c7b164f5fafa04b04c4/19469151836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acbc941177---nibolepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a511ecc8a8---94351187074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shyjjc.com/v15/Upload/file/20218101133258287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/fapogexufowewasorovubipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppe.everybodyisnotdoingit.org/gift/userfiles/files/84048153537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d64v89oijl7u9purn890opnrj3/wemamelejixazalixenonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altronic.pl/!mag2011/userfiles/file/59467485440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d4451e42b---19793317713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/forazamakakusetonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/27981868860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doanekeyes.com/userfiles/docs/33912813486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/38179134054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d96fa04791b---kugenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=management+information+system+pdf+bookPDF 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_off0000d532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD532 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 752c04b1245398391bbaa12eb44103e489b7cca2cae8078a3acd64aed3035faf
font_01_sfnt_off0000eec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D9 16480 bytes
SHA-256: f26673deae1949a1dd7c526c4dc7d6a4475816313fcd6c0695a918ee96d41109