Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ae7e32f6a04b948…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:31:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: aeeb390b664237bda186a7b339ccab26 SHA-1: cd50f3ddc92a47d8148d7726ed53a934d3162dd8 SHA-256: 3ae7e32f6a04b94845a6bfcdf9bf672577ece32cd8f20f9c0c5c04b65a4879ec
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3784b362e8---50010500379.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7e7f61eb9---43809417042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/sirepijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a97495fede---galawojufebirotolagizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dagidumugujixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camelliafb.com/uploads//files/202108040650331890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/buxixezumifurabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belapaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a846eb36f48---9911876668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zcapitalcrm.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/gefalubedofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhodium.vn/uploads/news_file/91195022861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/8089145654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607123c3b4ef6---63765597857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/moxekexeniwipuvenigida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/zopegipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f2f4cb54cc34e26936a15503a95efab/86772966458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/33594096981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajufiwipawunenimosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/sumuvujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/37204047555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/paxenikoludomemube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/senux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f68c26536---tagonurivegomatatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=single+ply+modified+bitumen+roofingPDF 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_off0000ed26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001053d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053D 10940 bytes
SHA-256: ce4a9e8c9d40925e5391176f6b7d261422b020294b4ccc10fcd431e4987273c0
font_02_sfnt_off00011e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E18 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 0accd68deaffff7b2fd768c54e0d8dd62a6ff9d0e9263ef427ca762c110446ff