Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae43899b17d4b779…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-04 00:50:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8a448c8fb588a8a06e76c0118c48a009 SHA-1: 730b1f173fe971d37aa75145a2c0fd7f1292b766 SHA-256: ae43899b17d4b779a50eb8f7c7a66762b30fed8f6bfe4068c46e0f66ac4b6df1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV both flagged this file as malicious, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxeropom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bed02f7d187d479378321ea71578ae80/55710646379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcsteel.com/uploads/baiviet/files/10104585334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/56316032583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770f7e32a5e---75735343537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945cd11b90f---jisilonasabanewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltopperalumni.com/clients/9/93/936f23dc4abb03f6d4a1aae2c8a32781/File/45130807821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/optrtuamr1l54k26o279upm557/wubosiliwijezupezoximef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/65158448902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202107100100569111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc866a8128---9365089189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5uijd6i9hsr5ifu7po310r3rin/36081978479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/31778839616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/989e076cd4585e3f207c9e157ee15fd8/kawekokuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e56d2b922fab4fcb88a1a5bedfa96708/42656368298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/bulinezakovonupizolodigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62030ddc1c408e32b2f6973a18928b5/18801807331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75ebc60e8a---14739798447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ecf8d94bf3953b3aa75ed4d1e3efe9e/dozibati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-12/20210612220022639052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37331286328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/5355003958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc90f40864---62189707629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nl4gr9u3b9t980n512tm1t3sv/29129300331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/2021652310439029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=recover+deleted+photos+from+android+phone+free+onlinePDF 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_off0000f084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF084 18360 bytes
SHA-256: 8c8bef5683c1015f11e9c07f55c07d5f6e68503bdbb3bb297323fa4081cc2476
font_01_sfnt_off00011f04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001371b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1371B 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 7f218dd9b02a49b2bcc8f2af86d253f96979aa4cfea70975a05f1093db54834b