Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aefb91930767e757…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-25 15:45:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e244e4cfa6c0823319dac767cb581cd8 SHA-1: 8e4d89d4ae13412602bd3a40e45fc3c641b51ca0 SHA-256: aefb91930767e75723180621d2357cc0b96fd2ba85b0b4003869700d6b620f1f
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for executing malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://klhl.com/userfiles/file/82848466381.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://refakatci.net/userfiles/file/47306839285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99454129910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b08a010fc7---57541699676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumujomiwazezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/wevujusarupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1630618026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parikshitconstruction.com/uploads/jonitubagujagazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/safavapobekofojiviwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/46353246969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipibidasewuwitejapibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruhmann-elektrotechnik.at/fulesilaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciiinnovationsummit.com/ci/userfiles/files/dugeragobevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codefon2.solar-napkollektor.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamemefufuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korvioinfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filunujofegafoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/kevibepupaniguxolagogexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/94716465523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/xijikugimabedetebagusasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c871e7021---94415712656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecdf3bdedd416271ff4e14a718d5a0f7/boxotasulogaroxudolenoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/degagatamaruvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/vemimox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614404027650d---49313000237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021091900033533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=poco+x3+pro+firmwarePDF 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_off0000afb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFB8 13968 bytes
SHA-256: f9623cda95da32b56db1231f104ae5327fad9419e2bc5e344c4781656ba16402
font_01_sfnt_off0000d297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD297 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eaae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAE 10584 bytes
SHA-256: c15ab9a463622b2817a930692066a850581643c5bd698b27016874131b271083