Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae2d416d99aed5be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 21:06:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f683171471fa947794222dd7dd4c034b SHA-1: 3366d5464282a92782510b9e1d774a526c88c9af SHA-256: ae2d416d99aed5bedf65a4c5f02d10f27d6726ef694433904edba588c5bea123
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The embedded URLs, while numerous, do not appear to directly host malicious content but rather serve as entry points to further malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovgbsah1knhj9a89kfud0ltmss/18845130556.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0e6ae74b4---mawagerilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/nagetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a0d965987---jafowufes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749918f4107---dedadiwukupalajenowewedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/futazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/gupinave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d082ddc7bc3---kujusasag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/nalotizidorikavoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconsos.com/userfiles/file/nutetunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb298f55261fb088f30268c187823661/67557317549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/zafopedizubejuvedolozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b62416065f9bfbf8185cb9998381edce/bamixuxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607072cacdab3---53488823263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210620_180004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/giropixolalemuguwunubexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gt0leg28moaq9untprubbll8su/tugoner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cde70c9bc---fasezuvoteriso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b843d9be5c3---96589707115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810425c92b8---seviropumipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11eec946678646c8fe19ed615c2b295/35528456792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c2476f7f5---zivifapobaxuwelefusizeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4af584188---biwagunefevenedusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/19076254121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=mi+airdots+manual+portuguesPDF 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_off0000b837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB837 10828 bytes
SHA-256: b03e40c8a810e93f5c3d2d7df6eced6bf14eab5866b7a6675b546fb1d3eafce8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE901 15540 bytes
SHA-256: 80e1673cfec7164c8b55aa323f33f644943e0d7857620a74b2b66b9561b8f021