Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeeedeaf27fbe8b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 13:30:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f1313f7a31e8aaf2441d902eb4c599c9 SHA-1: 350a4b24c666a0547e2c538cdcfc732b536b7426 SHA-256: aeeedeaf27fbe8b8bfc75111f77140c9764ad5a4c2ed7bae253620be744d6cd4
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1539 Steal or Forge Credentials

This PDF document is classified as malicious and exhibits characteristics of a credential phishing lure, specifically targeting multi-factor authentication or one-time codes. The document contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host phishing pages or redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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 https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16202772765784.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/91160624676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57703148962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/15163346780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dffb3ec6d---xekabekepuvagubopivox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074729632d4e---96366990925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2568bf8de9ab1e895632c1978688fdf/57535252242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f9094384d7af933578e78c1a2848259/bapapigugapebepopivowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ac25942f3---tawewoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/rodokenaxerone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hfj6i3kk0acm4uqochbovsre6/jusazudasikawikobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/japegasunezotapejibetuzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/832da71a4124f829e0ee3f737965a167/12084667879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/44135690041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/11092750655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74398394490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/xatojejogazeliwofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wululadaruxulazuxediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/jimijujekutuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2tsc9ap19l5nu7vqfsf6tva6vb/58168891669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fb80432ea---javinanafivedipipuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db4bd9e1fa---6613584887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagiregep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=privacy+aware+data+deduplication+for+side+channel+in+cloud+storagePDF 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_off0000fd05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD05 11268 bytes
SHA-256: e4626256751b6c02cfdc7d025ac0348797b5aa22f7cca3311ad45166522f2f77
font_01_sfnt_off0001174d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1174D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F5F 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 8c805658dfdc9843e13344bcf35a35f4254d5d8ba041ac22a58a39d0c64dd67c