Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae4dd116eca8cd47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c9f1364fa4fbacb303db9590c2b29f6f SHA-1: 53ec3e0dfe0030ed5cfc2e278cc86c4e4aec67cf SHA-256: ae4dd116eca8cd47da460f54e38d06af3402c68f7c08571b5fc35c935050a432
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the sheer volume of suspicious URLs points to a distribution or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=health+care+system+in+egypt+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://capital-tic.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210606064151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2e0280a5ee---27492515067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38eh589m2jimvl6pd2654rp0gg/96191205033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d8366784657a77980980fd2d2e6ff6b/gusirixatafajogapopatijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2phb2rr47i07td3r4gcsjibm83/tamapulofevafura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2d4d46d9d0867ccc6a2dbf496567207/kevobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1ab183320---75627763856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/bezemiwasidumegitowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/37548316857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/fanotewapikefobozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/darufefimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/763f1301fad009c285479dd63164eb41/47243808417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d436589d5f---tejasadovonuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e8cf5ab3d---54526790118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b05d29759---12275028727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/80073556344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafexumowumubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/74370301566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j06hqgja0modmkmhf72qo4j1d6/taxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/67457415923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/92198074236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49244978487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioimercedes.com/upload/files/50833297415.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_off0000d553.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD553 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED65 18356 bytes
SHA-256: e0b5d8d6d8123362ff31b640bd4cd40e54e1402e792d9b3194bfc3f7c87b7ce1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C96 11052 bytes
SHA-256: a4082a524df5645a61779625d234aa112f25ce4dc3f61e7167b383ff7c76865d