Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ae5046705bc998b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:15:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 45983b1a867f91b29f6747589aeef935 SHA-1: 998e2feb6e3a2e01748b6aff6f74582e9ff867c7 SHA-256: 3ae5046705bc998bf257230d5f34ef83061300d34c7ecb570242ffb53b54e7e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, specifically utilizing WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, further supporting a malicious intent.

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://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127d4e5be665---ginepofodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b4911b4f3---muvulosago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/vonujukegizixorimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/29863137185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f012ebe5152b7330668dbf59a6624907/kateborejulekunukavena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/dagugavuzudelugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b37c014760---46300354271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxeriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///33684100501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/12842164743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6018a4f85c---33559968585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcb24d3e53---dewaxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viratrip.com/basefile/travelasreviracom/files/dosulalifefevewazasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89637943562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/44389403039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6cf8cf1927---najanukuzowugexezotivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/59054404623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8e6942afe---77845030307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2599133a096eeb3349aca135d73fa2e/xazuvudofonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/2514003193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210601/file/16225157701584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/37176919258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/29589378369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/xejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b207eca9b15238e99d76e0689614bb5/xizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+make+my+pdf+file+smaller+in+sizePDF 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_off0000d771.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD771 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 0334c2f80b5960d1a28c69d9c520a5b94a6ae7a855abbe18bc7374a4989c8b2d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AB 18996 bytes
SHA-256: 246cc09eb755b1f07188a1bfff6ad77c3e9ad8c4635dde9c0717044a044474fe
font_02_sfnt_off000121d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1