Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aef4f3b04f8cfcaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 15:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 21f14609307bf5aeeb501e5f0c228a36 SHA-1: 0b5c83127b72cb7bdc7f33a08df0a717ed348a36 SHA-256: aef4f3b04f8cfcaa53849f38e42c6ffdd39cb849a1613febe3bbe017770e38e3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates these links are likely intended to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware via the provided links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzobosudib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tocbirsen.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirusakoxofarefarugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjjjsh.com/uploads/files/17381514190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/16364149021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujlc37suchev1jkfufu32dtrfq/rixokuzator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a10c493725---56373129493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopgroup.com/userfiles/files/913281493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbaeihgganggf9ajkncugh2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/245951532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/gibaleraxumizowewowegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur2.com/contents/files/61827192186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juditphotography.com/picture/userfiles/file/zajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/poxizajakikudekazuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belotosewonodali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funke.be/data/file/poponi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arkystudio.eu/userfiles/files/selugugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wagajerawodezebowowupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solemarservizi.it/userfiles/files/73422806459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/58202166532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/44461286204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tivozogukofexiwesowuxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351d9231ff4---mevufiwakole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/53662473020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jindi2010.com/uploadfile/files/motisegegolesexivatoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixuwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ou-ravda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bugegitokewojivexipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cancun+chichen+itza+distancePDF 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_off0000e31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE31A 18664 bytes
SHA-256: ee9126fc78b7f29dfa9ed267655365b8959d39dd9f7098acf207aa5f67b6e417
font_01_sfnt_off000113a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BBE 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 48f7f465ee0c75f7276efbf0fc344ff1e995e9634a857a7ba64be6e04968b3e0