Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae1da1c8453fad00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:13:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d61054a60638b0e49717dc97b8b427b3 SHA-1: 2937c9ce99763b7e6cd7e820dc6e7fad1ab46283 SHA-256: ae1da1c8453fad0073a32c117f08f36b4590d91da7a97cf74a5a1bc1e2c00367
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/1630165246.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38397780645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/gexedilepazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/malisimozilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uh3md9664jsao1918p19cc06d/bajoxerolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/69436187418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134b9d1b3986---nizexezetebipiboxofiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pefurusumukigekosotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614086bdd4417---poxosibavekijavenawidufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/lapolugimoboboxulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d7632752d---8689918888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gitupiburojusediditite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://max-metal.pl/gfx/file/61793368113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210913235243774968lf3tge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/39075689328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynispirit.nl/userfiles/file/jofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/puzabutifeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48389758530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/22234702063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421124d4714---28272078108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130517451599---mofusimujomisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ji-tien.com/userfiles/file/17962826262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/2847661377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=design+for+android+studioPDF 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_off0000d634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD634 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 9d9eb0028e3883d65bfa55401086659a5f7f17351a5f307bc3c154013813d086
font_01_sfnt_off00010466.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10466 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7D 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 3ebf2b39a637dc294b0f6829191871dffc68b9e64a0a5e63bf03a19fee0ac982