Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aaf629926de01093…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:45:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ce3e82bb91a636f02fcb4b64c9dec697 SHA-1: d05308e2d4e42cec8595ea4a91dec66fb5b21c7c SHA-256: aaf629926de0109370f6922dfb071b5815843a91403553e5d7dcfcea85d5fe21
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic indicate a coordinated effort to distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/nujewa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/86474469908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614293a9a1db0---31312176546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7m4kajfigedu8sruga3pq65d3q/71567981930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/60151573294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/dotunasunopipozumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/bedupilukiwonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultemergingmarkets.cubsindia.com/files/lurigesavetaselirutebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322e0d88b84---fakutivagewomenurare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/57438110634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613251aa6c880---mewupulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/71711653189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba08a7dac3---gakexadubikunopako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plantessentialoil.com/upload/files/78119755011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jpt.mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/46740514729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/51870267145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/lefuxowufevugepipomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210911_120455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lbjgold.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20732125177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/raxufamifonipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/83356737255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/remenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/30796641242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e6871fe61---jubefufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/24369299012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/wilomakewowibubesile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baltyk.recykling-rejs.pl/imgturysta/files/diluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+send+pictures+faster+on+androidPDF 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_off0000e522.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE522 17524 bytes
SHA-256: 04db3ab3fa8f420fe148f747cd9e497fa75996d65ea6fb1d96baf1c4714475c0
font_01_sfnt_off000112de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DE 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 9ab9b1a30120532d9eaaa89add4929b00c9c1c1e3efe7d1737b48c2f1bbeb97d
font_02_sfnt_off00012bbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1