Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae139a70b08fe14e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 21:32:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b77b34f6977d069a57aa4b2fac8c13fd SHA-1: b4f98fb04b5193e6f67cb4cad3de7ea6229a54d1 SHA-256: ae139a70b08fe14e7ec1d34a1714ff05dd1b6fd346ad0315766e17ba805308c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://go2germany.ru/files/file/326160716.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb60f5280d---97494794950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971cf3a4098---17457474518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783b0d34570---3907919122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/rufazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/47168389544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/98700840579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/99125134626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/149c6dbc65989adb5a0d96a063ad8281/divakusudokezogurijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1624217002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbpt4lsfqv3i3kjli27qn2otu7/tezujagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bakugoxasamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5ed20c05e6---61525658830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48664ac640853acd297676a0869d7994/bezoromavaxewofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/juzugagudiviwuveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/xozisugunirawabiboxavalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriramsteels.in/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaperojavufabagigojowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a42067d24---84273265187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609cd8cfc2447---liwadaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210702220700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/534io4flvdl0ac9l2bnk8bm2t0/kobiretuvenafapekuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7740c7933794a5fd01b46d92dfc1f92c/29120354732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d27ec855c---sibovawativusegegix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/29079601174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/27320614228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=k%C3%BCrt%C3%A7e+mevl%C3%BCt+okuyan+%C3%A7o%C3%A7uk+mp3+indirPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c75b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC75B 18624 bytes
SHA-256: 43c48e449c58db651fc9ed5b9e4b0c7dbef02d3e9d0674b4d8cd72e8d7e5653a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF543 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D5A 11308 bytes
SHA-256: e9d169145ec5969d0d1c6f908fc9f921cb3601ac4dbf2684814cb1dcb79f869a
font_03_sfnt_off000127a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A9 18784 bytes
SHA-256: 3de9d01117004d323e683a618041e50a0093f4cba03dba9eb65fcc2c579f987b