Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aff14d99b3496283…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-10-18 22:43:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c445699ee0204b36d8ba71c27f9cd234 SHA-1: 9967928f0c2473580bd8ddc4a13f37826a848782 SHA-256: aff14d99b3496283b4a7e1990de3c72e42541b048a127bb9f2ec83a6dfdcaff6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm, directing users to external, potentially malicious, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d48u3kdr79uu5ccirfrhkoanvd/xetep.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e89c75ed32f83e2fc8190ccd6becccf/2112381373.pdf
    • http://www.ortodonciaelisafarache.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozurokomatibijapo.pdf
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/lufugexulojeru.pdf
    • https://abbma.in/admin/uploads/file/pulolaxozebi.pdf
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ec96fff79f9a9e10fee0c6a21fc26bc/22503263550.pdf
    • https://tradingcall.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48116398218.pdf
    • http://ippinnudon.com/uploads/files/fosudelamomamoxe.pdf
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/vitip.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e2cbe7b83aa995f111adb847fbb062/82815198947.pdf
    • http://fini.hu/userfiles/file/ravumorupurofupux.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616bc108ebfa0---40473409423.pdf
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/38434640392.pdf
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34431739021.pdf
    • http://z500.si/files/87358521021.pdf
    • http://tataservice.it/userfiles/file/vibezimibowage.pdf
    • http://comac-international.cz/userfiles/file/ketizikudesusufimu.pdf
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/kanijumixiburul.pdf
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/bakofet.pdf
    • https://centrehistoriquesndbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25067901269.pdf
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/4046347803.pdf
    • http://minhanh.com/files/75486413086.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/5bhJmFgkeCE/uplcv?utm_term=primer+dia+novena+a+san+judas+tadeo
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d26e.bin
3cd2afc3c86509e4bdada667d7ccd20f14a5657ebd8d3f15b01126806ff31629
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD26E 10660 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eace.bin
97bf35c5f422f36f3715d50c7438d238c8d8796044414266ec2580115ecc4b7f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACE 18800 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000119cc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CC 16792 bytes