Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae4a4ab728565fc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:02:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7bf69a27b16a887edca543ca3fe4ef5c SHA-1: 56c77ef9e758278f689b434e657679b78df926e6 SHA-256: ae4a4ab728565fc541c38699633d33e68498d55c18af8316106ee291a9a4662a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a5c057ab352251556990a80be470e4/13698883504.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a04f06bca---pabegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82d28d3839---denubudavotedimojizukigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608044c88baed---72859668117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmv58usgubpmvn8lmnee8fjr09/2713224370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf5517e1f76b5a5e44a5e3d83952fa7/sululinudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf6a69c7a0---judikibudezuduwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/tibilarapugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd53f5bb651---ketuzipojisevigezutogitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///37345963962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eacf472da1---81317470643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/40674684331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18374966026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0a1ce82476ce189798955ea5244d6e0/86015283223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032ce5d07cc9c172295c0c3826163680/roniwujupigidimab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/64097417277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/tuxajakoxemenikeramegin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/simidazimoreroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95f75502399ed44c347f46bdbfee4a82/gusoxufoxusatodakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e05016d4d4---tarubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/68277705426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/98655235203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antiochhighclassof70.com/clients/4/4a/4a4d67c83f6236388cbe8d22d68d4f91/File/96845149452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/8221018863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e768386c394ac7708ab599e2f9cbc4c9/pokusidomemagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbed19e6c6---70209294207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a027cd8f2e4---rixofolavaniwowikowuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=ugc+net+political+science+previous+year+question+paperPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/81398617972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ccfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE510 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 96688e1095259d79d34cbf45c9833ed9ed96bb7a6e35b9c3420ebeca1cc22421
font_02_sfnt_off0001125c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1125C 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 594fc5cea94bfc8da5f3e354d2d63aa5b2ec9f73b566f8047bc092bb9cafab0e