Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ae21bdc62ca7496…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:12:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7b50c281bc1ee16596a0c7135666ab46 SHA-1: 7d7eaa4115fc91c5f9c23cd10c31677b71d5c2a7 SHA-256: 0ae21bdc62ca749625f260313da3c7c929c75a874c645e5219cb05b8e641092c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the hosted content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210508193321337.pdf
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/5887874013.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1aveo31t5lj1vrqe4hrckiph7/40811835264.pdf
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/8306649125.pdf
    • http://arslanemlak.come/file/69777856472.pdf
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fir8j6u11d3tftr6sfiopcfc9n/xemaburevumug.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7444ac589f57c1eb13dd9c9aaf10af4/81152079374.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a3cbc806a---11177743226.pdf
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59c0d3130d---38334464520.pdf
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/sukividoje.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/014a1f078c9955a3930a4ce4f8f62d97/49758845192.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfm0c2rr46eae3akonmseundmv/56041780693.pdf
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036107a8a4a5e500b470b49729e31d1d/38253161374.pdf
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/vudokugajoxesikodaxemuw.pdf
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/gexelo.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5cba7bdb0e---tosonajedeg.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7q4bvmtbr73b7b31vkt7kqed7/logojadopilovoked.pdf
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/jovewafurulu.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da7b7cbf24f---lusanosom.pdf
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/fuwake.pdf
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/49240041861.pdf
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8876ba03ee---nuromivonoko.pdf
    • https://silga.ca/userfiles/file/ropelizerug.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=if+i+can+stop+one+heart+from+breaking+message
    • 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_off0000dd83.bin
9ecc10276d7c33fdc6b74c6806e72691315fc228317a96850817fa62e3c07765
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD83 17620 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122f9.bin
aec50bd9213f1557e2102d41551bc215796f49fd951d7553e249047b844ddaca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F9 11064 bytes