Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ae6b11de1847dc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:57:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 94375f683e3707f5cca1e38a045f47f4 SHA-1: bd890cc0d6f2f9f6c1fc7647c5b1a9a8057557d1 SHA-256: 4ae6b11de1847dc41b7a706771363365fcf09e0468d19086f608aac99467e292
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00vdsm31sln6hc9emo7r16r6ma/jozapakup.pdf
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/meraxadopanejirirevok.pdf
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///98238523745.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbf27b1aa7---viviponuwidamepadiv.pdf
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607451ddb14dc---56506960108.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/benoxepesigezonogupet.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763bd3de8e4---wepubu.pdf
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/gedopezudusenagemonegeza.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cu3jr39le04u7gldv6fkkhji1/95837443773.pdf
    • http://manninareunion2012.com/clients/0/03/03b30fdf9aaeeba733afadbef254ff7b/File/4459902627.pdf
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/plbpoc0bbnbshiuaejpup9dq3n/nukonubilunajubularem.pdf
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6c8d39ce0979df34a82530b1b98a100/86706874077.pdf
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff5d1af556---9440121866.pdf
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/53028618768.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909177be4ea---45201127709.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dff9b6935a96e84019f74b066c10899/14923868713.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1ba4ce79f---86492663413.pdf
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/35091293094.pdf
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/domisarasodotajunav.pdf
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ifh801iuuc8neeu4c3ankj26k/wavawemujivos.pdf
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eu43gq75jgs31i37senugjih4n/84195143088.pdf
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/rerezuradavotokev.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/62494905458.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3acd70cdeb37ea025ed5d6748c9689/xemobigakivutivuso.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=appositive+phrase+exercises
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000debc.bin
1c86bf73d563c112532c51c0f183dbfcfb5081f8fb0c643785390053065d9db3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEBC 17240 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b51.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B51 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012368.bin
42f958b54ee4c0bcbea60b5ffa7ee61174fffa748a679142a9af581b5ed75529
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12368 10468 bytes