Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ace9916389541ed1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 09:18:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b633a0e60f7475e05db0937d447473cf SHA-1: 56d27a6ff7d17f64771c232827ca626e22059127 SHA-256: ace9916389541ed1dfad542723efbf6df4fdbbb4d513c30c40531a005d353e99
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious workflow designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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.
  • 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 http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad77d0db235---kegawufor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/61064366992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77630397941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/63773955307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879e8775bcf---1065728749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/70864164030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichpharmaceuticals.com/userfiles/file/sefotuxikolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/xamazowuwaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistfamilyreunion.com/clients/8/8c/8cbf0a40baaab9dd4734ff2cdbb1e120/File/nelirajiwewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockoncharters.net/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55677546023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/33406648086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ad7e6250e---jatupuvitudokubepixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njia6e62avn0l9ang5a3vlm52e/35785653257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ff87874475---13707626234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciccioinpentola.com/userfiles/files/18168371414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/21741875457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithartists.com/clients/877397/File/15457617095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/zuwameleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aurji0060c1tsevnoj45nivpn5/govevizulegisejomujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9a25ca3493---9084683649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aheuo3ap97csdisuafjdtv8617/59051417786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=beginner+piano+lesson+book+pdfPDF 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_off00010389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10389 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ba0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA0 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 3d9ed17c450153b0f3f5f825bb0bbb5bc590cb3c60faf972fa308eb3322dacc1
font_02_sfnt_off00013458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13458 17296 bytes
SHA-256: a81dfe138f982789f08ffd13def7700c803c3a1200b943a2de83c61a85ef594b