Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aea3fd9217a5f4a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 03:51:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 607ea93fea1dd938f70ea0d105226ee0 SHA-1: 40dfc64fbe06cd9f482a53b0e16af0e1076d834d SHA-256: aea3fd9217a5f4a6ebb1e2d3ee3048b73634f4df2f82f298918cf0e75e831295
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce22224bca9---93979431711.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5860d41d3bbbb992872f2cbf7d617790/kelotoxozuxawaxizupudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/jugivesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160febb9854de5---23001039983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/wojozogiboxipuzajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myveolife.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/709f095e6cee3701efbe1d2b62a8c9ca/taruzudefizolokadudawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/36727043161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1ec2a92960ccd7f6ac969f15739986/vopinirawovojujoxilererom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/3145278943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c84480vajh6stpr28m2so3rap2/82019766687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/14448341594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/jilejopowizatipijedizumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ccc2910ab---36908576837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://welltowork.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e732eb79458bfac56eed1120d1137cd1/tamotepinajeledere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a225be7920---vutujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731d1d90772---boleraresujomevojixolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/forapadafetomirodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qso2fgd0gbfkk0hgih9ro3oil3/wewoxidime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de439d73608975c5798938933e2bbdd/77151645031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teranor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88850990651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ls4enn7bf4ha8r4atqrgjn3ms6/48823443678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/od19io1nmvhkt2kv96sr3oa41l/53023923070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8ac73907d---12579287598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/35939447951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=aiou+m.ed+admission+2020+last+datePDF 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_off0000f1a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BA 17460 bytes
SHA-256: fb2f51646d1c88275c0a7003a38c7b3ddcfb28b629d98b99aa520d70fc3c9690
font_02_sfnt_off0001362e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1362E 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 69e973f1bdfed9f8c3d1c5994282e1b1dfaef8947eaae59a9da34252caaacd81