Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aaf7e06de69d8128…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.4 KB Created: 2021-08-21 05:34:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 3764f3b8649c53abc6740a9a28f8a796 SHA-1: d195b478e2806e36435d5a47d85377a35472c44c SHA-256: aaf7e06de69d8128687911272c80146246846e47878bc8742a3ffe93ec11315d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, strongly suggests malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate this, flagging the PDF as malicious and likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/ef30dcbed2a65df6452ac9e79116547d.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/27239934298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/57133702139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/jijivizalen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/2894210731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c4d6f2e0f0---87553019735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/30899848669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/85471067933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32bk2iqlan3surkdbq8ud1ei4b/30497171241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/kuzigirurekezalofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irparnmf9vtn2dcbu19h5n9ao2/78129516789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/xamotejudilaxijumika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/desij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkevuphong.com/uploads/image/files/30598795962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dh21im71rh2ebijfu8a1njb6h/bomewozujirivuperifizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/pedunixasaxexigejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/gubomesufazamobogizonopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xukisugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210704_4C459787E7008926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52c0e74531---bikimomuzopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-1/20210601141141590342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f999efaaf---nobiduwumina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/38946952835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f652937ad5bc2d502fa68204c9e449d/72360928351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=libro+krugman+economia+internacional+pdfPDF 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_off00012153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12153 19608 bytes
SHA-256: 97053b1b1bf59bb994fc59fbd754999b3d6ecd602190077c7de4471ad7b3f9e4
font_01_sfnt_off0001539d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1539D 11084 bytes
SHA-256: bd532f6036893ad05302d8a0eb4cb1aea952b96f21ab8eea64c1df35ba99720b
font_02_sfnt_off00016d00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1