Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae5a679da09aca5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:41:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0b8d9e2588ea57b92799c4b78b5239bd SHA-1: a454cb3c865ff1e1a3b838ee59ed7540cb2525d4 SHA-256: ae5a679da09aca5bc302bb37cbc800a44ed9c01c5a2900ce26b822b16a187f45
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns point to a common tactic of using compromised sites to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086805210f68---tuwuduwivebolube.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808f2d336cb---37956945627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/25469304617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campcolefamilyreunion.com/clients/82065/File/29658462734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinet-blin.fr/ressource/site-image/files/4465544346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202106file/2021061402023970554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41ab89caff0e38590727b39aba55f70/84185530281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1a4a857c79e4aba51b6df50007786ce/tuzojesewexiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/97389079188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/56609805265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0fff944ebd70aff2f5812bac277e4b1/gevukitapepiwolupijabuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8634d1c8ab95aa7f1c64e6a1b2c2f61/xonumonimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070273858ce6---kozexire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0771f509fd---maxuzoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afce1ac732d---73523626925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/zupobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/21696522144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jk5ogm519pv0unfq6svti8moap/fekezepobikutelidezaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a88ac14b6---dibamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607288b5bcecf---debuxowekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/kekefinavafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/gonidiwexopafuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/99052680835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c5bada596---ziwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsav05kt3tt3fk50leu6kbjl34/42961768948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fldqrie2snitvb7gqn8vk8pv/rizuxatupuduzurula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4httof4tn33rdmn2chuc9ftc07/98939413849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+font+style+of+all+slides+in+powerpointPDF 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_off0000ec4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4B 17300 bytes
SHA-256: f7b3d9b986b9af4886f658dabc9deef17e24e5b90c34884875b77feb02936ac8
font_01_sfnt_off0001198e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1198E 11092 bytes
SHA-256: e0076fe1a67568f7e695350ee70dba9b516534fd0db2087aadcbd7bb0737e038
font_02_sfnt_off00013331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13331 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1