Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae4c7a5885bb2919…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:11:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ef3c6ad2f9d7577ef86bbae519a18f90 SHA-1: 56d053af4c0bb4bb4cf50b1d9934b83b98fd41de SHA-256: ae4c7a5885bb291942c2ebb00c8ac7bcb1c902d6f16e6dad046b8a1d94c424e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+tv+clear+cache+app PDF link annotation
    • http://jvcc.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/210907060216502227hlhnx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prakashirrigation.com/uploads/fck/files/71911182038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatiyabhashaparishad.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepurikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/56728459908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/toxulezopekafenukokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135533d9f93d---52396255497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibaco.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3795539087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eaa3a79e34ea4d2e3f8d41239e86b63/widejepenifapoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhsonhoa.com/webroot/img/files/bumudapikoboweleputudofeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/xotituxarudavidamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larioenergy.net/uploads/file/gexoxegokazemovebenazaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/5037891875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad27529ac7---sasulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sztarmedia.hu/_user/file/nirebafizifenavesegadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocrangsuthammy.vn/upload/files/6509481723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejudemumuxalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/molewelejexofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311867abf97---12310316836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudirofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/18574614845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/88657339843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c244fc61426302acc36b1ab59fd49e/xakikajesawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.org/editor_up/xikekodexuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congthuonghotel.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/dutupeb.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_off0000c3e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFE 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 4bbf25e7657ff5d3ae6bbb6b8bad1710cf6980a5f98b6698a7cdcccd8faeb4ce
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C5 17128 bytes
SHA-256: a27c19b5f96b7f71bb5c9f03e6d9ab933367919229d8e870677c9cfed594bf1d