Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae39cebd979a1919…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-09 12:47:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0719da86d236d9e69ac67e945c398397 SHA-1: 8c6721d173c98666528e25661e188642d73ac30e SHA-256: ae39cebd979a19190aaa0e5b7665a473539bd56f40f1b173249b9f98643c124f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm designed to lure users into downloading files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99550791375.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6h183h8d6lio39hj0a1rsmnav1/runomejemukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc177a846d---26306537338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815f1fe4886---70207016799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7bbbb4193---51220011020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/48856458020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/43118182066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a1575d148---xomoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tskrea.com/userfiles/file/10411836939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.net/php/uploads/file/78563571080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f28d5892f597f8ad15e797289b299a3/77311879385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f0280aec8---34923086486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1td9kshf75vm7ngobcm4ensrb6/49725879816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4e0a0bb5979f508fd420883fb4441e/fuwokisajomoxumafurotafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/36846721231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogbchurch.com/clients/880797/File/mojixibuvupidezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6aa419852---lovorinumizomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dananeye.com/uploads//files/202108081517357737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ca6e4293f---16507187336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816f800f76a---7621733263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/15411981116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/29480988949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/72032802081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konsultacjenaukowe.eu/Upload/file/bakuzada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/naxusakumexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/xapajatidonopewanilidafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+animal+jam+play+wild+accounts+2020PDF 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_off000102ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EC 17004 bytes
SHA-256: c8a4fc6812d5f2fb3ba0077f5d81e50fcffd55e794fbbc00aa79d29968ba1c75
font_01_sfnt_off00012f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F5B 11304 bytes
SHA-256: e938f72fd35bf659b0a08400cc887d2b34071b6c572ab2bd7e9ea2197b95b6d8
font_02_sfnt_off000149c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1