Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ae4e4071d43479c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:37:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6d1f741a72088681ad7fd0f4f1ccfbd4 SHA-1: 5e6d42fa65a63f2bee4a231e9e2245bd4b423b79 SHA-256: 2ae4e4071d43479ca08aad906c6dee8aea6238ce3ecd4deb7c001f540a2a3caf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or to host further malicious content. The presence of multiple compromised upload links suggests an attempt to distribute malicious PDFs or exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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 https://luminex.pl/upload/file/zozadikepademisipuro.pdf
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/gapuv.pdf
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985af8b44f8---50137604749.pdf
    • https://yucekalipmakina.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/86778383806.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adc793bd02---kopatalupemokimif.pdf
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/lemugafakizudu.pdf
    • http://slhs1958.com/clients/18590/File/dewifotidesafe.pdf
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e2830553ce2e59df5c7a0830381845/88997923549.pdf
    • http://daydala.com/userfiles/file/20563115951.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a921f0bc3de---resetuximotekim.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ceda16705---77593864436.pdf
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098336d670ea---lalarosabatejuzireda.pdf
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/81440171176.pdf
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/48836834237.pdf
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l23fpmkg7c8gttm2f2qv2jm1ov/92757306600.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b463c546145---40893209849.pdf
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/13555955890.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/tumumifalukusasabibas.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40556ac20e285bb40f075474048e4434/5933507652.pdf
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file//files/19491743475.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ed3f05e4f---ramepunineruroluga.pdf
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4871309b3a152ffc19f3e2aeb7771a00/rijogibodepofegizete.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=thoughts+for+dp
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012171.bin
24df80bb9b9a4ea3188d20dc06ef4b85297c09aab136dcda6006f3d4cec33335
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12171 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014d12.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D12 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016523.bin
90b50c16e8ce827f86eac72a59b7146f1cc5c864fec28dcf9e99eccd287251d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16523 16092 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00017a5d.bin
cbebf8283f3f487e87b47c9880c4322b247b7fc6a9cdc039336f847192860b48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A5D 10304 bytes