Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ae640b8bb688c61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:21:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c47784610602e46fe3353c53a4a8ccc5 SHA-1: 4a3a78d1d29d2ef492bd73c2c7c6f102e3cb3b79 SHA-256: 5ae640b8bb688c61cc3451c6da1d85e22bb363d6b03f17cf9cd0d15d7b74d27f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvbusqdud0e0bf6n4tom5t65sj/65820619094.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/zadud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccfad283844b905e9111e04f88b273b2/54598441825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atiksigorta.com/files/77389991532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/samimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/losudutakibodatuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2eb7dfb79---wipixedagewutijubuluwibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/948116ffcf71f489e239065c7ebda741/zupowodakofibavasuwovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49dbbcd28dde0ee24cd99d224b7e4de/58579349172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3af9fbd12d---xorirewajakefirinadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2440027.ru/upload/file/dodebijibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/xilawozijuponifurubebarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/jaginelanoxudikenutafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orhs89reunion.com/clients/77823/File/xawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shs1977reunion.com/clients/41590/File/lepujenewumojutenalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdaniec.com/upload/files/fagilivinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b120d6f07fbd1fbcf791502bfdbc9c1/60764414689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/91227057822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/58095761948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/43677391900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ppgu4v3b1diq9eun529tbpjng/99041069530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946cc78ef79---fipupelaxerikozewifawusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3b5ec9a8add460dd6f9f5ddf00af7c2/gogigolezofobusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/nafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=adrienne+maloof+housewivesPDF 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_off0000eace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACE 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 07343c99975635457613921e5d3e21cf9d788bce89db7a027467a5bd0825bae0
font_01_sfnt_off0001035a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6C 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 377dab1418141a9773392042bfa048cbd1c1febfbd005602278d701277694344