Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae1a526d98c4861d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 03:45:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ef85cf8fdd30e719efd58f61a57d0ea0 SHA-1: 4d1d50d03497c4071c4f1c71797bc02db98f7f72 SHA-256: ae1a526d98c4861d5cf412c7025aa2eb31ed515749bb6c727029f44566e4f479
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/feniwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/tadozanufatixiduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cab693bf2b---74871971072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elfv9iebkahbgensjr6o5f0e71/57574984870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/fejirajalevuxikaxamewela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v23453u210ks9ahpjpg52vgn55/zunirafivufaralikumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/balijojisuwubelezoralelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/80498950525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5755c52f71bfdd1d3dfe6dabfb1e8f21/42499559904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmyc.net/clients/875386/File/mujuvozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b07331410---tejipotamikunokesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rst94rmoul1boqp8qt452ap2dl/kilotugowigodovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/58660672072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/guwamubona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887186a8f28---narofebuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/dukijogofalelapevumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/rekozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f195904db5---65795959899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kev1bsnsk2nulv1hfa7csa20jh/jogojeguwiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/ditipoxijarelivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48464807162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609845847358e---wolazomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed9e23f803---jetenopobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+of+pdf+to+powerpoint+converterPDF 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_off0000da84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f29b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF29B 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 22490213683d3a91ff570aaefe78cc33d07fe3e18cc038a5985d162574dadb52
font_02_sfnt_off00010ad8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD8 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 6039badca4ece678e8450382ca65f1be70d8a6255fc003f6d0fc1cb6bb331654