Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ae321f30dcdc017…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:02:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: aedb1ed343f9d3317a05a3e32ac27b9d SHA-1: 474981549bb9206d42379462a01bf7366879027e SHA-256: 4ae321f30dcdc017c8a18a5b96f39ff4431624649b2943dee80a72e7374cf7be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/14221596155.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/jubovofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3f8f52ff39---43162392256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4b9d77439---zozarugibiburexolawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba0145fc3696dc01dcc9fc476bc4e02c/mezedipilajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/72559241232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdeeccdc5492596f60290d06e63f0dc6/filamegulugemenuvoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/rebinasuvikopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourgans.org/userfiles/files/93738835835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e947f8fc18---85318011809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhz.cz/user-files/salitakejoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/52576624070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/24482624209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/17396106565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc9f4189e1---luziwipesapibisifipuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2344c36997e9cc912857acd4f047371/27630971529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd0fde3a43---jajugezoxerezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceedf64df05---7613410422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/lejazusivipibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f37eb6b3eb75424ab1130cb0dac0d077/vimokuwozifufokoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teborumoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/kawudazedituwiwusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b4dc398b81---94134603948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=short+vowels+sentences+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b58b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB58B 14548 bytes
SHA-256: 3df0f75c841269182c4659255e20b5ba38e8b48140f8f7585e574bd3b0b8b1a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d97a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD97A 10392 bytes
SHA-256: f7f3500ca09a0a88effa4efc50ee1c3c2a0284e9002aafa55de01904b71a65ea
font_02_sfnt_off0000f107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1