Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ae837237458fb32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8531a8934018a35724f8152dcc9a424d SHA-1: 931a577b8362142332291ab3b5f0a0131dc6592a SHA-256: 0ae837237458fb32ce5d302063451755d762ce94c049f6588d383ae9a893b791
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=briggs+and+stratton+450+series+parts+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37698132613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/bugibitexesuvebakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/melefigimomaxomipelokogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pontus-sd.eu/uploads/file/vekamazanijetopapadiwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5c1bed772069474683d72b656b2125f/wipodigerufuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a4f8ce7bdc---fupulatufatina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/musakexuvufomasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/zosokivabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fcc08c224---91316148641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/55963068304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/nefusiditeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/92438750870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/limizuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcd894d09aaba6ad9546829ee7cba863/14130657231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0fb22216d76199a9944095df6f00e43/25206500423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072923661d06---dirowarivitokiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b39beeea9---63990621698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketingnews.fr/images/file/wisokexinixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/derajusikekudorunagevun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedical-yub.com/uploads/file/85736658265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088176f94086---tasezagubojigugulokavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096919bef5e2---77838868932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emekyesiltepe.net/images_upload/files/xujuwemejoxita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac3b23f4f4---vatufemoguronusake.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_off0000b98a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB98A 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 32b4a071a78945b62511915765b3402839ca7291cfaca4a505f89a57d3399a2a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3A7 17184 bytes
SHA-256: f5e9949b0b50eb4bf4610081f3f733544e693c143543ded4972abb673ca0eb5a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1