Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aff55993efef160f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:22:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: ee040dc765f3ec8e0081856811a6e3d3 SHA-1: ef9343002f8fbdfd342e46ce93ea5fce199405b3 SHA-256: aff55993efef160f99060de1aed24b55829279112ab6029741ca3253b6652f3f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_ENABLE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs users to enable macros or editing, a common tactic for malware droppers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=center+selected+worksheets+horizontally+and+vertically+excel+2007 PDF link annotation
    • http://gsemilia.it/userfiles/files/rixedofuvitoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/makosetupajesuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quk86loschjfaqc7kf2tp0km07/fulutevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/xopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/xogerafaxila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/lumuliverimopobejikudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.smartplus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64177715941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2d96f9557e---guvafuromudodidujafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e2b31f535e57a14114aae0895025890/17172437317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f85debe610---44191495114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/sefas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/2523962128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/nusitezazojefokaditog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/wuzamibinuzebobanaduwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subarini.ro/mm/file/19818638611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/webexajaxixogoguwivimujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090272206db6---50623411798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.giuseppe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96062200697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aad4b9e11e98b1c708b6ff607a7c208/zilifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c42726aff6---38552353186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/146103694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/pisazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18def580589c5017b3326dd880c9109e/supewuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/24321321631.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_off000126f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F5 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 001c86d38d8e2f08e2982bf58efe42ddfaba4fdb34d24ba74894f0fa45d04cf2
font_01_sfnt_off000141b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141B9 19560 bytes
SHA-256: e18ca4fd11ed84bdfc162858e3d9dd447c78d64045d0518ce801f07125b6b8f7
font_02_sfnt_off00017423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17423 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1