Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae033d0d6b028d25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:12:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 50cd19e21fc5dce3b6dec53c9cd3e8b7 SHA-1: d69f031f757c4a692763db26985c1df101dd3317 SHA-256: ae033d0d6b028d25b6455c3321193b659d773edaa69f5b34c7b81cd04fd32ddc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a pattern of link farming for malicious purposes. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc32e9a141---98926227784.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608886afc00af---depexevejuposepizikame.pdf
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/95451285126.pdf
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4a0bd6d5dec7fbd2839fc618be04246/36871655885.pdf
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0834a3090e163f40b01d0becad3123a7/bivuvusubusetupukuwevudu.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb181b6206---tesakatibedofejurinow.pdf
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxilolozu.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c56e7161ecf623fc76674ded995f45f/94045378243.pdf
    • https://lmetinternationalschool.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nosawi.pdf
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/gipegenumofiber.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081767ed7237---90804198377.pdf
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/48690499446.pdf
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/23254376515.pdf
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/zisot.pdf
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4a5dc875f1b91ee3c65c8cb16d76cbc/28678141647.pdf
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lorenojetonedib.pdf
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/rovutewawisunoreg.pdf
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekefuno.pdf
    • http://wordtmann.beckbauer.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28160565338.pdf
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966255c4642---tubulegikevigog.pdf
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/leviwanawubolatujexar.pdf
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/difulewu.pdf
    • http://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/38924533726.pdf
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/84656462806.pdf
    • http://elyriahigh1974.org/clients/0/05/052ab20d644b737728595af1a47b4450/File/76510558591.pdf
    • http://i-p-p-c.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37393398748.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=needs+assessment+example+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d9f2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f204.bin
98a84d0be16e7d0d85d91b430b504098e97768dda77c41be3f067f96c22824fa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF204 17884 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001203b.bin
4fd709736acf5552906b47a6f4a24004cc9325d39c4921856172d3331db65962
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203B 10428 bytes