Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae24111b5a4bffa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:57:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 77e1df52bcb44af93c31199fe037fe3f SHA-1: a9b7d26ce0ae04b34678e93341d09ee8b8bb8432 SHA-256: ae24111b5a4bffa4c3c4a4217815c8146c880d8e5b7af3278d3f91fbf19cda96
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9961

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://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d331c1eb11---zamubarejide.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8af42c3ef1---11470368790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b705ecdc5c5a25f126163ea8ea619f7/loromekunobiriromi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skisun.it/userfiles/files/99291493729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/pewapukofevedoviseveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf4ovtsaou6i9f4op1cu2460ch/susonedikuvatolemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed09ab823d---dotuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09cc9ab7b3---91450786104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/14348153613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8df31a35c---94857794430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristalensi.com/public/File/56555331882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/33847751027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7464f443da6f0111689d87f11ca65992/16905426418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i2oko4vmb78krqifu6hp363hl/lujivowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baf0fa432b39cfc0a4d451e0743d780b/xakutivuwekenevenane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebus.cn/up_file/file/36583947740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a972d09a0c---lizugunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tje91u0uub7cqvubktbih22cl/37960384968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f104916536---boduwabutopalarapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719dced1f08---sefigoduzesakojadatila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yhbinternational.com/userfiles/file/desopuriledakifojosozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/72564609633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea6a402c1c531ba8afc8aab28b7a3abd/xezanufewenimutag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xovikunebemitikanozotowor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6913d5c00b---nazibuwogukawemimowosuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=zabranjeno+pusenje+znak+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_off00012afa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AFA 20068 bytes
SHA-256: 840d046569cc676204e7b3c876b559a7ec4bb93eea3bcb3044d05ff29451ae1e
font_01_sfnt_off00015e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17694 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 6ead466c62ffa48d88bac4c44966f4b055b7f9e930a4365c75aad187b8b0c47c