Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ae8823bc952f969…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-29 18:34:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f96567a53ec7e40536d974bbce3dd5fd SHA-1: 0f338169c6c83275847eb93d783564dd49754134 SHA-256: 5ae8823bc952f96914bc950628b03a1e5c2b0deb668432508e8c7a1766686602
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised websites, that mimic software download pages. The presence of a link farm and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to deceive users into downloading potentially harmful files. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/768eae9625fb0ed34fe4dbe75a6c8e01/gerusubekikadija.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755b4698969---92745794076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/lurewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aa158f72b1fa12bb1939b74c280498a/bekewesoxigamewojemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/79600758709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimmerei-possert.at/70011924233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/wuzilezojakuxadukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876e64afefc---koropabazenukulegovabevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn92p0d39boa3b4aaladlk4uu6/likojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e31dba656---patije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurmitra.com/files/file/josaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.info/upload/files/jerizitutavufiruziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eca6691f86a7cb15a6dbc9076d6e8ae/nuxidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vihqh9hqg90t9uoquns3j18gm3/setaxosewesidoloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607070f7c961a---retisutawofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/609b4f1133b0d95c26a76723ccacd37d/rasinusarifobofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/43942046492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809efbe189b---12150336168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b3751ece9---xodibaberabidusodokupumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/12128893823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/749jaq61ck00n6bsgq3mb0r7um/pagawuduzozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/84897397520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/65898065150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/tabegugepebaboxijatujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/kesugojemojiduwanudijunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e6581bfeda1fbcffffff8a9b20f8662/febiwezesaxupinuximepirob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+photoshop+7.0+download+with+serial+key+for+pcPDF 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_off0000f567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF567 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7E 11368 bytes
SHA-256: 79f026c9dd4d47b520d60b2437e4022a71b501407adbf8f5d71f77b2db86965a
font_02_sfnt_off00012825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12825 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 8e580e09aa45f871f7adc10ca0650c27a31185000283a6f35245330a9b721be7