Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aafa4ade7cc74210…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-28 15:15:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 52ecee542efe3980f4e3aef78b08b0b0 SHA-1: 9ae2b0dc4b3c17cd402af787cf2096a32336d551 SHA-256: aafa4ade7cc74210b6382bd8c13954f035638e8fad7c528249575002142b081a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is a link farm, likely intended to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://digicpictures.com/downloads/sejovusuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/joluvalunerotumeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/botexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermandadperdon.es/userfiles/file/pevivopolobadinason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/paxitejoxadimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74826710400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b0a0c109c---21616583307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/33502725967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151ac409cf8c---28794524865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b688817aab---76634528109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happen.webasl.com/userfiles/file/zavadowebowujoridigegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lososixagojaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/43814496356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/037f9f8cbcfe48b332255e1779b1927b/nogebojerob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/jaxaxefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40484998515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/77047655705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/17196592450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badgerhillfarm.uk/pugadexiwudozojuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasudibedoginareporavar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaraeksioglu.com/resimler/files/gafekimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/xatidenawuvabasakaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161462f0ed6885---bupubosilatumipazaferagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anna-bel.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/34068987984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=captive+prince+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000b482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB482 16544 bytes
SHA-256: a7a3f5c10514f9a917ac467898cb103aee005995b46457612da4549b7e074218
font_01_sfnt_off0000de39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF650 10628 bytes
SHA-256: dfc4a061b079fc24c5840a425a4138aef85148f9ee1d476479af84cd42f1d7a4