Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ace27b18a3fd2b06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 04:14:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 23ebe3f048bdafa0a77786555abfdd04 SHA-1: 9ac592f855cbd4bb0487a4a74b91b1622eeb6b12 SHA-256: ace27b18a3fd2b066901d8655adf77b1a57abd9edf3c9e78932812e0975c195c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sync+bookings+with+outlook+calendar PDF link annotation
    • https://www.eos.org.eg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36953150876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/54635236855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/surubadobabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0r2sjs7i9c03oecf7i2k629j8/rufafuwusuzovifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52337097021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed9ba06bca7b377b42f9043e52cb2d4d/vomuliresuxakojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/lupopuluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/vejitepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021090400413556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/99725889937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/24240447659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/sejujadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/texavixasoxelutasimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpinfit.it/userfiles/files/likudexoxiwonelopiximus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/lavodinini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/19704517639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/32745329363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210909073828_6496241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfln6eb32evk09v5fpu332h8vb/luzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0da4bbc9094372ae9afaa79b81e6e746/76299909267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branonperformance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekaluderubajoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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://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_off0000ef3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3A 18412 bytes
SHA-256: 7ec5fd2d2017435bca6f345b483275567873dc313b1d8ee5f4cd7245e9b1f82a
font_01_sfnt_off00011f48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001375f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1375F 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 6c6ae2222904fbcec823795f3d2161bf30b45a7a69e8b7202428c59475b49b8a