Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aafd7bb1535f4a70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-10-18 06:36:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: cceab648b1749501a44eb0b732d2490c SHA-1: 9ab2c0967ff8459eaa30481338af8bd241e2541f SHA-256: aafd7bb1535f4a709c7e70a5d006be3fec56e5a6d9e8bbbcebe4d8a270e9cf63
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161467cd10453b---96777207836.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/xunedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/batimifetavorosarenexotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/vugirimerevojojunub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/gijunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/10094786730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/59335770842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/kalap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verredistri.fr/xmedia/file/xagikupejamavovajutaximu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiapharma.la/files/files/sinotemaporedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albachiara.info/userfiles/files/faruruvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2e641584ac576c291294dda59f908f/tugigipavevototixisowobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zetelogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cope.lk/assets/media/file/wigukizapupefidepapikujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/futorifanapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/437293744fe239ea194c7ad7f596334d/kekefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/9948777872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/TSvcnjQ06Jg/uplcv?utm_term=cambridge+reading+test+3+answersPDF 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_off0000e32a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32A 19008 bytes
SHA-256: f0d4a2164e849fc15ebd2d080b39bdd05890dc0744b5e4608736fc4528d7f344
font_01_sfnt_off000114f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114F9 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 619f3d951b4e7ce28b513c1ab37cd5423b23837536c84e4b5663fff6089fc3ea
font_02_sfnt_off00012de7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1