Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae2ae9a9953a9dbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 08:48:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 6665ec5527e38762253f44bc9c9494ca SHA-1: 00e5e0a5a81d08046b6454e12638550050e2f70d SHA-256: ae2ae9a9953a9dbd6b957b040b2925709905e6a3020b199a4c9fe27566e71f07
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics points to a pattern of redirecting users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/bexugoworozodanuso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nie4mt6ua4ac0ai8muskuntcn/murakorarorukusebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/nenudimaruvawobowuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099840c64344---17732447596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852d4a0847e---31117339341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d23ef92820e1a9f40a8a4b9dae290385/39858640969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/96386099555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/nejazitimesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/bemeditesodipadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609174ec49114---bewefiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd23345edde1e5ce597bf4b8ccf69cf2/xupage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/bifegewugufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanmih.com/userfiles/file/20210731031741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604214903969686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900330599e2---basonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4dfqp6l9ih0nsv2oc0jcjvph/32434399964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/28757076454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/kujaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarizokena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezugegupuludixakoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add9428bb13---46129176834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/93641406140.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=captain+america+full+movie+hindi+filmyzillaPDF 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_off0000ec2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10441 11088 bytes
SHA-256: c1d1999c8abc71e8e1ee824f5772c9799fc15bbfc70b56b268b15342180dd39d
font_02_sfnt_off00011df6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF6 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 61978e1c4cb88b4161a0a304e9feae6fc341b79792200b9a2ab91df4ad2a27d1