Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae3c894465b7ed2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 11:12:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5ea8e92c034468c4bae92f770860f02d SHA-1: d86aac853c4a0b9f6f8b7b617b6af0584c26b38c SHA-256: ae3c894465b7ed2de20e5c396bacd528de7c49fbd3b3ef31adb3cec6f7ab97d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a phishing and trojan-like behavior, with ClamAV specifically identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77ejt6m4bfi8v8g1llj639e034/puwelagovudefu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/12133348654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaplaitalia.it/userfiles/files/wikinekujudojimudeterome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/21611067819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/momixofisuzujidifegam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd01fb2385---76683625325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/kexavuwofakaxegubiniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wevamevogogejalapapadaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/42445821959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuanfuconstruction.com/ckfinder/upload/files/lokitewozuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/benatagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobath.com/app/webroot/img/files/lenelabadadixajakusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/88915058310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb1d287cd3---julimirisurojazuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vignolaweb.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridevekudifogikulimovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veluzapodubananopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titusauto.hu/kepek/file/23638291956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/27645332042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediliziaunoaventi.com/userfiles/files/82506492008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/78870113345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/saxakonobutebanoxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatagz.com/uploadfile/files/nukipamozogosiziga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/woxitozaviwokubuwivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/topefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijacr.net/assets_admin/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/bodegorudulefososus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranch.pl/files/file/96442249811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=download+pmbok+7th+editionPDF 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_off0000eb91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A8 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 9b4cb119ce104c4e87fe43207f0a2caf0ea5da67ed667846e064af17d042d53a
font_02_sfnt_off00011c04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C04 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 8e250f83410d66cd0e866aee39cd64bcc0eb77faa27a43e848aac867dcd7b03e