Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aceb34f4ac02d8fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 19:02:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: cb96c1aeff383f4a00a07e5e0a4aebbb SHA-1: 4d418619c86892bdc66bf91fb504a8f6b7131b20 SHA-256: aceb34f4ac02d8fc77662052cf2e596bc56f79e1b8a80d289f1721c4b2037a70
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5787770fb08496944294b2fc47e77126/wesojobirilemupo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koleruziwisemikugimav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6512be280404162b4c4b1566c239b7b8/sosevuxivunexuwoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc1ee2af8ecc2db79e46dab5c11d87f/50818422631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8o71ghnf2nd17cak30sfcst7g/86703685622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d4eb34a9a---gefiduwogiwulateb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/dabipobere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd575009f7036fd456e00fdc503ab9e5/29410386805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72006dab4a1324423a8795e70e737326/24406693120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s29p4147tfpvfnpmes4thl2lam/dojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/gupusezuvewogon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betaempire.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/bipupubamebiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adqh4tleffjtl5lc54oc3j59fb/63799647169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/54181374743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/banosofosimijurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e5beec79d---bimaresekumegamokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/rogib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/35056732939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5d2888799f24a28c05a4038093943d5/menojanomorosuwekezukukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/dimujimetojufana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/lodugarinaxarafasuzupuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/2407501134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d502a86fcdf45cae6a496e5527dbd73/79621133596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/65429664985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=life+in+the+uk+study+guide+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_off00013928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13928 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 7799e83bd32ce0c5a9ca75c68d02ccae94a6cdbf2409aa29a78a9119a5fb39fe
font_01_sfnt_off00016824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16824 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 50c7b30e0417d4cbbca7d5304dd6fa044608d6d888e25f1fdb7b5744f8ea5e9b
font_02_sfnt_off00018027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18027 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1