Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aff2f9e63f91b564…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-10-02 17:35:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 73d7e7d436f91a663b29b7f5f0c431d4 SHA-1: 006264267efd1c3c3b7f67cc1b239f77a61b80df SHA-256: aff2f9e63f91b564b831d739067f3d0ab77e012e22f6ca8a4560c35484906a72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 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 https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/wokopadinibo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/77986827373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.malagatour.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54171711700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/razazeketix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51572851489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c1695342a3---74592425001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/827675145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipomifadetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/tapiwewosiwajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/67056077038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertworker.paraleumarian.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/72638958742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/zenixeniviban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150dee3e3694---fupemuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/kugeboralomadarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b2764f118---binagokupiwofiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincesorvarshop.hu/editor_up/37058439215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/48646995453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/tuvovamezamexadopujebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxish.com/ckfind_image/files/32777546996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/povasomowofesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/tojosufijafugufebebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16157fd3ea20c6---17073400342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujoteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153d6661488f---14243055800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.borzabadi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobegiverapukapavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109031852025485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=82nd+patch+on+my+shoulder+cadencePDF 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_off0000b18f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB18F 14856 bytes
SHA-256: 3d31254bfce1def3ed9332948f38daee27fd4108108a13d42dfd124a51d438df
font_01_sfnt_off0000d71d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF34 11132 bytes
SHA-256: d996423d053b1b942dadf79fd3cb20234eb6719ad58ebe46726e5f6266a7f515