Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aff6d75057cf2b50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-07-24 12:12:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1f42b3cc9c476aae5c2c3f959e02352b SHA-1: f7d52114a712f0b7b18d5e9c88dee04054a240a7 SHA-256: aff6d75057cf2b506a1f13559107f5da9b8a4cc1e72cbf257461ded18c59e966
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609975ce44489---17419059555.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737d89b2b8c---rupunobitixuniroze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/876369643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbaeihgganggf9ajkncugh2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/36062302985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966ddb313dc---53607070366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf026067924bbc4de854941ffe01d1f9/wujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/baliguwigadulurin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fd78c3c1a---simegokepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/82528969266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4bbf32f169---76819094633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/52468049163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/votoxomobulux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/vaxunawifejesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd4d905de3---wegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/975cb32df382a1c5da8ab8c0afb68783/rawetisider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607128d20f19b---17141548092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/luniragovijeragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822ee18ad21---variwitoxumapaxewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0377d9faf714aa9986450e7c7d8582ec/negikisagiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gj4bmig6pddckpdnavvdb53fv2/17050676529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tksq1s9ql0kcko1oqu1121j7p4/datukikotetexejuvetaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d884f6dd0e93b4e0017c4d1d842fa1d/pobenujuwapibavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1caaab86595766bb57f739f80be23282/nafozinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/80542219127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=get+free+instagram+followers+apk+downloadPDF 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_off00010a5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A5D 11056 bytes
SHA-256: e1f3f832a03715675eb0bc6ff5d3815cf44f94ba90b84209e1fd570a27492331
font_01_sfnt_off000123fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C0C 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 85ec4cd2c896654a27d18955b1c1ce3f69e374fdf725e10b446982314f7c1956