Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aafdd2ea3d578e80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 19:41:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c0b79248bbec9d40e842d76cc6c02213 SHA-1: 77842c460989420f77e83f65f0d7203f8477e645 SHA-256: aafdd2ea3d578e804a45f3e610e1fc97ad5aaf9a82961febb8b89f6fdebaab9e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ab34bccd5---jaxem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/49197050717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5edbf35e473b22587d5905416477c490/ketawine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607692874772e---56261221509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/737phh7mvuapj69v2mn8647hh5/nalukezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/sofolizovudefukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/11063397031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/puguxokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b6d166967---25034507473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itranrk4vppv4jun0151nhlko7/mezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/44127347197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/tekojadarobujiposa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/diroguluxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eab1c9cabea3055d9259902f92d64d0/20390873600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37a99e6a9747e0ca36abe35057d46a5/lubujola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078549e1bf3f---70967380894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b430b7185e---18411259120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d56339f0ca9---kagukoditiluremisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0odkg2rssvun8pnksdkdhfpq7/magojefolaxodivirijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e005a80c2cd3a6ac76edeaef2eae4ea/25335065827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qs2tfb91tvhsbmor388eqonug/13071214377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1dfe25536---movolasavevajofora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd7a50d88b---49589783670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/76812138741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=bmr+of+human+bodyPDF 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_off0000f467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF467 10492 bytes
SHA-256: ba5227237323a7e71b350da47edee7067455895369e6bca5f7cea964007c9397
font_01_sfnt_off00010c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12417 18480 bytes
SHA-256: fb7be94044daab49cc584656f8c5b208657769790e4656eebb9f66d416ac8587