Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aefdb087ba96b563…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:27:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2b12066db11610dc8871553bc3a412af SHA-1: 8654f7899b59bfd6318295c1ba03f6e52d4955b7 SHA-256: aefdb087ba96b563234fa6dbe0ef12725741107fce5cbafddba1b8ad474270c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites, aligning with T1566.001 (Spearphishing Attachment) as a likely initial access vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=easa+flight+instructor+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e86652aeb12---23810808271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c550e5c9b48---27725420233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/97915611628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4i2ubuh06hd551a6js16lb9anq/50406285845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/22940803360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhspartan79.com/clients/9/97/97d0d0788ec4d6723ba7be3cd58769e3/File/268048448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/9047769037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefukupubonatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/77729121626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/25031339937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/762a4267204db6a10cd10a3af2682cd0/78823919879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvarkagidierzincan.com/userfiles/file/2613561045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118e6080e83a---42095349849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed4bd7dbb54---67076452303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/8530719657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydis.kr/userfiles/file/260408562327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8482c8a5ccf4300b6b272300e3fdb123/6772947080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lr0kvv6ns84lbgpv0k60nvfik4/miburabazavinegubemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0b7036ada---vusifume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebreaker.at/nerewurifonugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d8c530d39---45327705710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/71764252829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f33e0152214---jemodaketodotesemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607727c2951e4---19807698062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/55605925331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ba68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d27f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD27F 10732 bytes
SHA-256: bab10ab7d7b0ce4e452928d2e24b94810e1e9408c3450f7f10527d148a55a0b3
font_02_sfnt_off0000eaec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAEC 16908 bytes
SHA-256: 49cf44f4b11e2dd8267d601e8ced1992bf7142f604e4fa441d91a31e607bece2