Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeffa8f548611d44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 23:25:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0efa011968d54bbda67d32510ec07bb7 SHA-1: 3f61d5eccefb3d39731ffa252ed80e326a387ebb SHA-256: aeffa8f548611d446cf3d6445eb5f15329af3263c26e08c71947ba7cb28110fd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or redirection attack. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded links serving as the primary mechanism for delivering a secondary payload or leading users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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.
  • 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://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99894111245.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/jukisobuwizizaget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjbfjt.com/upload/files/zotipobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagipuxakakuselaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1b5531dc97e7c4ba46469a9f477d16c/betagoxugabokudasofasoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90434592470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_B89804BC39DA495E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b32390939fb77321fab3c939e4d8e53/wuxolidefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aptitudeclass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexuzidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/baxoputokolawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f015785fe4---24562058217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/nenuxagadozezubisimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/pazugezemaxifapewedal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewhitmerlawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/59702260039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/borabufitumalitabebisovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91924013462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a2d1bb893607bd9fd9fc04bfb2e9c02/14718424179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/96289021187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/dozitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/dozuruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27f330acf683b577461782227b18c58c/vexozefolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nidigibawugunuxojusupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/96970589441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lochoanggia.com/upload/files/66402448970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerastar.com/userfiles/file/fezurutonimewuwudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=moonu+full+movie+hd+1080p+blu+ray+download+tamilrockersPDF 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_off0000f7c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C5 22128 bytes
SHA-256: 8d6519e3cff0c1fcf0ac6bb8f8267c115a9ff732d2ebd67d9a15b7502fcbddc6
font_01_sfnt_off000131b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000149cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149CC 11856 bytes
SHA-256: 345e4746e6531d7704228b2255f95d000449992fde399eb5a32ca6b60e3c5e69